Re: raw device on linux

Posted in 2000

Adam Tauno Williams — Thu, 27 Jul 2000 07:18:04 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Quoting "Carl Y. Wu" <carlywu2@yahoo.com>: > OS: Red Hat Linux 6.2 > IDS For Linux. > > I created a partition on the hard disk and wanted to give it to IDS, but > didn't find the special charater file for the partition, does Red Hat linux > support raw device at all? No. SuSe does, their is a kernel patch for Raw IO that they apply. Kernel 2.4 (due out in the next few months, hopefully) sports both Raw IO and an LVM manager. Systems and Network Administrator Morrison Industries 1825 Monroe Ave NW. Grand Rapids, MI. 49505