You Asked: What Is Sda and Hda in Linux?
Contents the Term Sd Stands for Scsi Disk, That Is to Say, It Means Small Computer System Interface Disk. So, Sda Means the First Scsi Hard Disk. Likewise...
The term sd stands for SCSI disk, that is to say, it means Small Computer System Interface disk. So, sda means the first SCSI hard disk. Likewise,/hda, the individual partition in the disk takes names as sda1, sda2, etc.. The active partition is indicated by an * in the middle column.
What is SDA and sda1?
The disk names in Linux are alphabetical. /dev/sda is the first hard drive (the primary master), /dev/sdb is the second etc. The numbers refer to partitions, so /dev/sda1 is the first partition of the first drive.
What is SDA and SDB in Linux?
dev/sda – The first SCSI disk SCSI ID address-wise. dev/sdb – The second SCSI disk address-wise and so on. dev/scd0 or /dev/sr0 – The first SCSI CD-ROM. dev/hda – The master disk on IDE primary controller. dev/hdb – The slave disk on IDE primary controller.
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