From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ISgyx-0001zo-OL for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:34:52 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l84MRARE016049; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 22:27:10 GMT Received: from mailout1.igs.net (mailout1.igs.net [216.58.97.34]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l84MN7Hu011745 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 22:23:07 GMT Received: from waltdnes.org (i209-195-93-235.cia.com [209.195.93.235]) by mailout1.igs.net (Postfix) with SMTP id D3DBD7504 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 13:10:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 4 Sep 2007 18:26:31 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 18:26:31 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Finally installed Gentoo on Dell Inspiron 530 desktop Message-ID: <20070904222631.GC17498@waltdnes.org> References: <20070901234744.GB9376@waltdnes.org> <46DAE1E1.9030109@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46DAE1E1.9030109@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: 696c6533-30dc-4460-add1-5b1072e5fe28 X-Archives-Hash: 31dd2d9537a853d42a3b90464fd835e9 On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 06:16:33PM +0200, b.n. wrote > I use a SATA disk at home but they are not in "IDE mode", AFAIK... it > shows up as /dev/sda - Can you explain me the difference? Is it needed > for some chipsets? There are two different ways of doing things, and they require different drivers. I don't know the internal difference myself. I was just following instructions. As long as it gets linux to boot on it, I'm happy. -- Walter Dnes In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 Q. Mr. Ghandi, what do you think of Microsoft security? A. I think it would be a good idea. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list