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From: Erik Moe <emoe@mmcable.com>
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What is the significance of the two devices /dev/cd0a and /dev/cd0c, or
/dev/acd0a and /dev/acd0c for that matter?  This is not explained in the
man pages or the handbook.  Why would you use one and not the other?

Thanks,
Erik

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