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Author Topic: [SOLVED] VMWare HDD defined IDE - Why does TCL see it as /dev/sda?  (Read 2066 times)

Offline lumosy

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I have been very careful to follow the key points & guidelines in  http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/wiki:vmware_installation , especially noting the need to define an IDE type drive (0:0).

But when I powered up TCL (4.1), it shows up as /dev/sda, not /dev/hda.

Why?

What am I doing wrong?
« Last Edit: November 22, 2011, 12:30:58 PM by lumosy »

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Re: VMWare HDD defined IDE - Why does TCL see it as /dev/sda?
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2011, 07:17:52 AM »
Hi lumosy
You are not doing anything wrong. The new version of the kernel replaced hd with sd.

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Re: VMWare HDD defined IDE - Why does TCL see it as /dev/sda?
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2011, 08:46:24 AM »
The new version of the kernel replaced hd with sd.
Thanks for pointing this out.

I can confirm that as of TCL's latest release (4.1) the requirement for an IDE type (when using VMWare) remains, despite IDE HDDs being renamed to sd.

I wonder whether the boot options changed accordingly as well? (e.g. home={hda1|sda1})

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Re: VMWare HDD defined IDE - Why does TCL see it as /dev/sda?
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2011, 08:53:05 AM »
Hi lumosy
Yes, all references to hd should become sd.

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Re: [SOLVED] VMWare HDD defined IDE - Why does TCL see it as /dev/sda?
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2011, 10:30:48 PM »
libata was used in the new TC kernel.  Unlike the old PATA driver set, libata unifies PATA and SATA drivers together so they all look more alike.