Which Device

FredGSanford · 11-28-2007, 02:42 AM

I recently installed Ubuntu 7.10 on a friend's Dell Inspiron 2650 laptop and noticed that it listed hard drive devices as /dev/sda. Is this that new device listing that some distro choose even though the hardware is a ATA drive and not SATA?

Just curious to know which one does the laptop have installed.

Also, does anybody know what is the maximum size hard drive can be upgraded with?

Thnx.

bigearsbilly · 11-28-2007, 04:02 AM

maximum size???

whatever you can get

jschiwal · 11-28-2007, 04:38 AM

Yes, they made a change on the kernel driver used to control the disk.

Code:

pata_amd               31876  4
libata                164352  1 pata_amd
scsi_mod              176536  5 sr_mod,usb_storage,sg,sd_mod,libata

FredGSanford · 11-28-2007, 05:30 AM

Thanks for the replies. So I can add a 250gb hd inside it without any problems? Good to hear.