Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 14:37:33 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Jason Alan Nordwick <nordwick@scheme.xcf.berkeley.edu> Cc: Jacques Hugo <jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: damn, damn, damn ... getting confused here. Message-ID: <3445379D.446B9B3D@whistle.com> References: <344476E5.31DFF4F5@wired.ctech.ac.za> <19971015203230.7404.qmail@scheme.xcf.berkeley.edu>
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Jason Alan Nordwick wrote: > > Jacques Hugo, on Wed 10/15/1997, wrote the following: > > > > Hi there ... hope you can help. > > > > What is the difference between a device like > > /dev/vn0 and /dev/vn0c ?? > > > > What does the 'c' mean? > > > > Thanks. > > > > -Jacques > > IT is a character device, rather than a block device. no it is not. it is a dummy partition to maintain compatibility because some software assumes there will be a 'c' partition that represents the whole device. > > I understand the distinction between raw and cooked (old > terminolgy ?), but besides tty's, is there any other form of > "cooked" devices ? not really, but disks are block or raw (char). tapes can (not in freeBSD) have a block interface. > > jay > -- > Join the FreeBSD Revolution! > http://xcf.berkeley.edu/~nordwick
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