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From: Kevin Hui <khui@cs.toronto.edu>
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Hi all,

I'm wondering if *BSD have any support for user programs to access raw
disk devices, unbuffered.  Such support is available under Linux:

http://www.kernel.org/LDP/HOWTO/SCSI-2.4-HOWTO/rawdev.html
http://www2.linuxjournal.com/cgi-bin/linux/man.cgi?mode=search&comm=raw&sect=1

Any information regarding this would be appreciated.

Regards,
-Kevin.


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