Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 03:04:48 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Experiencing very slow raw write speeds on /dev/ad1 Message-ID: <15224.56224.68178.679014@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <12766493@toto.iv>
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Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> types: > I wonder if the lack of "raw" disk partitions on FreeBSD might be an > issue here. (Yes, the raw devices are still there, but there is no > longer any difference between them and the "cooked" devices.) This is > a bit beyond my expertise. It was explained to me that cooked devices should only be used when mounting a file system. People using them for other things has caused a number of problems in the past. Mount got fixed so it no longer needed raw devices as part of other work, so the "cooked" devices were removed as unneeded. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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