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From: João Salvatti <salvatti@...>
To: Misc OpenBSD <misc@...>
Subject: Clarifications about /dev devices
Date: Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 8:27 am

Hi all,


I'd like to know why /dev/cd0a and /dev/rcd0a device files (at my

machine) refer to the same physical device, given that one is not a

symlink to the other one, and vice-versa, and also given that cd0a is

a block device and rcd0a is a character device.


Thanks in advance.


--

Joco Salvatti

Undergraduating in Computer Science

Federal University of Para - UFPA

web: http://www.openbsd-pa.org

e-mail: salvatti@openbsd-pa.org
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Clarifications about /dev devices, João Salvatti, (Thu Sep 13, 8:27 am)
Re: Clarifications about /dev devices, Miod Vallat, (Thu Sep 13, 8:33 am)
Re: Clarifications about /dev devices, João Salvatti, (Thu Sep 13, 9:18 am)