From 5138ee2dd58986915924953d426fa706c4908afe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve McIntyre <93sam@debian.org> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 01:12:05 +0000 Subject: Remove the old hdX device names, switch to sdX for disks --- en/appendix/chroot-install.xml | 24 +++++++++--------- en/appendix/files.xml | 39 ++++++----------------------- en/appendix/preseed.xml | 4 +-- en/boot-new/boot-new.xml | 2 +- en/partitioning/device-names.xml | 34 +++++-------------------- en/partitioning/schemes.xml | 8 +++--- en/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml | 22 ++++++++-------- en/using-d-i/modules/x86/lilo-installer.xml | 2 +- 8 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 92 deletions(-) diff --git a/en/appendix/chroot-install.xml b/en/appendix/chroot-install.xml index ff7e895eb..584017d15 100644 --- a/en/appendix/chroot-install.xml +++ b/en/appendix/chroot-install.xml @@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ install desktop environments like GNOME or KDE). Next, create file systems on the partitions. For example, to create an -ext3 file system on partition /dev/hda6 (that's +ext3 file system on partition /dev/sda6 (that's our example root partition): -# mke2fs -j /dev/hda6 +# mke2fs -j /dev/sda6 To create an ext2 file system instead, omit -j. @@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ Initialize and activate swap (substitute the partition number for your intended &debian; swap partition): -# mkswap /dev/hda5 +# mkswap /dev/sda5 # sync -# swapon /dev/hda5 +# swapon /dev/sda5 Mount one partition as /mnt/debinst (the @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ referenced later below. # mkdir /mnt/debinst -# mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/debinst +# mount /dev/sda6 /mnt/debinst @@ -552,17 +552,17 @@ Installing and setting up grub2 is as easy as: # aptitude install grub-pc -# grub-install /dev/hda +# grub-install /dev/sda # update-grub The second command will install grub2 (in this case in -the MBR of hda). The last command will create a sane +the MBR of sda). The last command will create a sane and working /boot/grub/grub.cfg. -Note that this assumes that a /dev/hda device file has +Note that this assumes that a /dev/sda device file has been created. There are alternative methods to install grub2, but those are outside the scope of this appendix. @@ -571,8 +571,8 @@ but those are outside the scope of this appendix. Here is a basic /etc/lilo.conf as an example: -boot=/dev/hda6 -root=/dev/hda6 +boot=/dev/sda6 +root=/dev/sda6 install=menu delay=20 lba32 @@ -596,10 +596,10 @@ use yaboot.conf relative to the system you call it from). Here is a basic /etc/yaboot.conf as an example: -boot=/dev/hda2 +boot=/dev/sda2 device=hd: partition=6 -root=/dev/hda6 +root=/dev/sda6 magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot timeout=50 image=/vmlinux diff --git a/en/appendix/files.xml b/en/appendix/files.xml index e389071a7..6b4456971 100644 --- a/en/appendix/files.xml +++ b/en/appendix/files.xml @@ -26,54 +26,29 @@ The most important device files are listed in the tables below. - - - hda - IDE Hard disk / CD-ROM on the first IDE port (Master) - - hdb - IDE Hard disk / CD-ROM on the first IDE port (Slave) - - hdc - IDE Hard disk / CD-ROM on the second IDE port (Master) - - hdd - IDE Hard disk / CD-ROM on the second IDE port (Slave) - - hda1 - First partition of the first IDE hard disk - - hdd15 - Fifteenth partition of the fourth IDE hard disk - - - sda - SCSI Hard disk with lowest SCSI ID (e.g. 0) + First hard disk sdb - SCSI Hard disk with next higher SCSI ID (e.g. 1) - - sdc - SCSI Hard disk with next higher SCSI ID (e.g. 2) + Second hard disk sda1 - First partition of the first SCSI hard disk + First partition of the first hard disk - sdd10 - Tenth partition of the fourth SCSI hard disk + sdb7 + Seventh partition of the second hard disk sr0 - SCSI CD-ROM with the lowest SCSI ID + First CD-ROM sr1 - SCSI CD-ROM with the next higher SCSI ID + Second CD-ROM diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml index d726ecd16..cdfffa05d 100644 --- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml +++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml @@ -1130,8 +1130,8 @@ correct one will be selected before using preseeding. # Alternatively, you may specify a disk to partition. If the system has only # one disk the installer will default to using that, but otherwise the device -# name must be given in traditional, non-devfs format (so e.g. /dev/hda or -# /dev/sda, and not e.g. /dev/discs/disc0/disc). +# name must be given in traditional, non-devfs format (so e.g. /dev/sda +# and not e.g. /dev/discs/disc0/disc). # For example, to use the first SCSI/SATA hard disk: #d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda # In addition, you'll need to specify the method to use. diff --git a/en/boot-new/boot-new.xml b/en/boot-new/boot-new.xml index 99443f2b4..5698630b2 100644 --- a/en/boot-new/boot-new.xml +++ b/en/boot-new/boot-new.xml @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ If you use BootX to boot into the installed system, just select your desired kernel in the Linux Kernels folder, un-choose the ramdisk option, and add a root device corresponding to your installation; -e.g. /dev/hda8. +e.g. /dev/sda8. 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 /dev/fd1. -The first SCSI disk (SCSI ID address-wise) is named -/dev/sda. +The first hard disk detected is named /dev/sda. -The second SCSI disk (address-wise) is named -/dev/sdb, and so on. +The second hard disk detected is named /dev/sdb, +and so on. @@ -39,26 +38,6 @@ The second SCSI disk (address-wise) is named The first SCSI CD-ROM is named /dev/scd0, also known as /dev/sr0. - - - -The master disk on IDE primary controller is named -/dev/hda. - - - - -The slave disk on IDE primary controller is named -/dev/hdb. - - - - -The master and slave disks of the secondary controller can be called -/dev/hdc and /dev/hdd, -respectively. Newer IDE controllers can actually have two channels, -effectively acting like two controllers. - @@ -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 /dev/hda1. The logical partitions are +first drive is /dev/sda1. The logical partitions are numbered starting at 5, so the first logical partition on that same -drive is /dev/hda5. Remember that the extended +drive is /dev/sda5. 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. diff --git a/en/partitioning/schemes.xml b/en/partitioning/schemes.xml index 56ded9fba..4edc34e0d 100644 --- a/en/partitioning/schemes.xml +++ b/en/partitioning/schemes.xml @@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ swap partitions, giving better performance. As an example, an older home machine might have 32MB of RAM and a -1.7GB IDE drive on /dev/hda. There might be a +1.7GB IDE drive on /dev/sda. There might be a 500MB partition for another operating system on -/dev/hda1, a 32MB swap partition on -/dev/hda3 and about 1.2GB on -/dev/hda2 as the Linux partition. +/dev/sda1, a 32MB swap partition on +/dev/sda3 and about 1.2GB on +/dev/sda2 as the Linux partition. diff --git a/en/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml b/en/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml index e821ebc58..937e3b1f0 100644 --- a/en/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml +++ b/en/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ does not fix this issue. What does help, is to zero the first few sectors of the drive: -# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdX bs=512 count=2; sync +# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=512 count=2; sync Note that this will make any existing data on that disk inaccessible. @@ -312,29 +312,27 @@ formatted and where they will be mounted. The list of partitions might look like this: - IDE1 master (hda) - 6.4 GB WDC AC36400L + SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) - 6.4 GB WDC AC36400L #1 primary 16.4 MB B f ext2 /boot #2 primary 551.0 MB swap swap #3 primary 5.8 GB ntfs pri/log 8.2 MB FREE SPACE - IDE1 slave (hdb) - 80.0 GB ST380021A + SCSI2 (1,0,0) (sdb) - 80.0 GB ST380021A #1 primary 15.9 MB ext3 #2 primary 996.0 MB fat16 #3 primary 3.9 GB xfs /home - #5 logical 6.0 GB f ext3 / + #5 logical 6.0 GB f ext4 / #6 logical 1.0 GB f ext3 /var #7 logical 498.8 MB ext3 - #8 logical 551.5 MB swap swap - #9 logical 65.8 GB ext2 -This example shows two IDE harddrives divided into several partitions; -the first disk has some free space. Each partition line consists of the -partition number, its type, size, optional flags, file system, and -mountpoint (if any). Note: this particular setup cannot be created using -guided partitioning but it does show possible variation that can be achieved -using manual partitioning. +This example shows two hard drives divided into several partitions; +the first disk has some free space. Each partition line consists of +the partition number, its type, size, optional flags, file system, and +mountpoint (if any). Note: this particular setup cannot be created +using guided partitioning but it does show possible variation that can +be achieved using manual partitioning. diff --git a/en/using-d-i/modules/x86/lilo-installer.xml b/en/using-d-i/modules/x86/lilo-installer.xml index 0295119f2..cc22d1e0f 100644 --- a/en/using-d-i/modules/x86/lilo-installer.xml +++ b/en/using-d-i/modules/x86/lilo-installer.xml @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ loader. Useful for advanced users who want to install LILO somewhere else. In this case you will be asked for desired location. You can use traditional device names such as -/dev/hda or /dev/sda. +/dev/sda. -- cgit v1.2.3