[CentOS] SDA and HDA

Tue Aug 17 23:38:32 UTC 2010
Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes at mailcolloid.de>

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Matt <lm7812 at gmail.com> wrote:
> With the default settings in my Supermicro motherboard CentOS calls my
> SATA drive /dev/hda.  If in bios setup I change 'Native Mode
> Operation' from auto to 'Serial ATA' it boots up calling the drive
> /dev/sda.  I keep thinking its likely better under /dev/sda not?  Any
> problem switching it to that after install?

If you have setup lvm and use labels for mounting your filesystem, the
change should be hassle free. Otherwise you have to check grub.conf
for the root parameter and change blockdevices in /etc/fstab.