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Old 02-10-2006, 07:41 PM   #1
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what is the different btw raw devices and block devices


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what is the different btw raw devices and block devices?? thanks
 
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Commonly a raw-device is a block-device, too. The difference is
the usage of the term, you distinguish the raw-device from a block-
device with a file-system via which you access it.


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Old 02-10-2006, 10:34 PM   #3
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okay.... thanks
 
  


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