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Date:      Thu, 28 Dec 1995 06:17:34 -0800 (PST)
From:      Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Swap devices under FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.951228061637.7497A-100000@ncc-1701-d>

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I just noticed that my swap device is "/dev/wd0s1b", as opposed to 
"/dev/rwd0s1b".  I thought swap devices under UNIX generally used the 
character-special as opposed to the block-special device file?  Am I 
mistaken, or does FreeBSD just do things differently?

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