Gentoo Installation Handbook for SPARC platforms assumes that IDE drives will show up as sda. However, even with kernel-2.6.23-xxx, an Ultra5 with the CMD646 controller will show the first drive as 'hda'. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Follow the SPARC installation handbook when installing an Ultra5. 2. Use /dev/sda[ ] for the partitions. 3. Actual Results: I never tried booting the system with /etc/fstab using /dev/sda because I caught the discrepancy while still installing. I imagine, however, that the system would've failed to boot. Expected Results: If I'm right (hey, it's a long shot, but...) and for some reason CMD646 controllers still show drives as hda, the guide may want to include a note that systems using that controller will still display drives in the old way.
The document mentions how devicenames work -- if you're using the recommended libata framework, then all hard drives will be /dev/sd*. Only if you're using the old block device framework will they show up as /dev/hd*.
It is in fact covered in the handbook. Apologies!
(In reply to comment #1) > The document mentions how devicenames work -- if you're using the recommended > libata framework, then all hard drives will be /dev/sd*. Only if you're using > the old block device framework will they show up as /dev/hd*. I know this is marked as resolved/invalid and is 3 years old, but I'm encountering this same issue on an AMD Sempron (K8) system using the 20110811 minimal cd, most recent portage snapshot (2011-09-02) and I'm still encountering this error. I've used 'make menuconfig' and 'genkernel all' to configure my kernel with the same results. livecd refers to them as sda#, as does fdisk, but upon boot the entries in fstab are said to be invalid.
(In reply to comment #3) > I know this is marked as resolved/invalid and is 3 years old, but I'm > encountering this same issue on an AMD Sempron (K8) system using the 20110811 > minimal cd, most recent portage snapshot (2011-09-02) and I'm still > encountering this error. I've used 'make menuconfig' and 'genkernel all' to > configure my kernel with the same results. livecd refers to them as sda#, as > does fdisk, but upon boot the entries in fstab are said to be invalid. --> http://forums.gentoo.org for more support, please.
