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Wats the difference between sda and hda in linux?

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I thought hda was for standard IDE drives and sda was for SATA. However, my 2 IDE drives are being detected as sda1 and sdb

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  1. Normally the sd series is used for scsi drives, and has been adapted to include external and SATA drives. If you are using a raid controlled motherboard this can make ide appear as sd series drives. Also anything non-standard in the way they are controlled.

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