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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/en/partitioning/device-names.xml b/en/partitioning/device-names.xml index a32102eab..ba8edfbc7 100644 --- a/en/partitioning/device-names.xml +++ b/en/partitioning/device-names.xml @@ -24,14 +24,13 @@ The second floppy drive is named <filename>/dev/fd1</filename>. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> -The first SCSI disk (SCSI ID address-wise) is named -<filename>/dev/sda</filename>. +The first hard disk detected is named <filename>/dev/sda</filename>. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> -The second SCSI disk (address-wise) is named -<filename>/dev/sdb</filename>, and so on. +The second hard disk detected is named <filename>/dev/sdb</filename>, +and so on. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> @@ -40,26 +39,6 @@ The first SCSI CD-ROM is named <filename>/dev/scd0</filename>, also known as <filename>/dev/sr0</filename>. </para></listitem> -<listitem><para> - -The master disk on IDE primary controller is named -<filename>/dev/hda</filename>. - -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> - -The slave disk on IDE primary controller is named -<filename>/dev/hdb</filename>. - -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> - -The master and slave disks of the secondary controller can be called -<filename>/dev/hdc</filename> and <filename>/dev/hdd</filename>, -respectively. Newer IDE controllers can actually have two channels, -effectively acting like two controllers. - -</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <itemizedlist arch="s390"> @@ -106,12 +85,11 @@ and/or capacities. Linux represents the primary partitions as the drive name, plus the numbers 1 through 4. For example, the first primary partition on the -first IDE drive is <filename>/dev/hda1</filename>. The logical partitions are +first drive is <filename>/dev/sda1</filename>. The logical partitions are numbered starting at 5, so the first logical partition on that same -drive is <filename>/dev/hda5</filename>. Remember that the extended +drive is <filename>/dev/sda5</filename>. Remember that the extended partition, that is, the primary partition holding the logical -partitions, is not usable by itself. This applies to SCSI disks as -well as IDE disks. +partitions, is not usable by itself. </para><para arch="sparc"> |