0x4E4F@lemmy.dbzer0.com to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 9 months agoYeah yeah, we know you're specialmessage-squaremessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down130
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minus-squareLunaAlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·9 months agoBack in the olden times the Linux kernel had a dedicated parallel-ATA subsystem with /dev/hda devices. It was then rolled up in to the scsi subsystem to simplify maintaining drivers (everything using the same library for disk access). I’m old :(
minus-squarebobzrkr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoAnd who could forget /dev/fd0 for floppies
minus-squareDeway@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoHaving both IDE and SATA together was awesome. “Sooo which one is which?”. Good times.
Back in the olden times the Linux kernel had a dedicated parallel-ATA subsystem with /dev/hda devices. It was then rolled up in to the scsi subsystem to simplify maintaining drivers (everything using the same library for disk access). I’m old :(
Raises a glass in Debian 3.0
And who could forget /dev/fd0 for floppies
Having both IDE and SATA together was awesome. “Sooo which one is which?”. Good times.