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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!feed1.news.erols.com!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!uknet!newsfeed.ed.ac.uk!dcs.ed.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: st@epcc.ed.ac.uk (Scott Telford) Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD X-Nntp-Posting-Host: amber.epcc.ed.ac.uk Message-ID: <E8A0C3.27o.0.staffin.dcs.ed.ac.uk@dcs.ed.ac.uk> Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Sender: cnews@dcs.ed.ac.uk (UseNet News Admin) Organization: Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre, University of Edinburgh, UK. X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <slrn5fejrn.353.bet@onyx.interactive.net> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 16:26:26 GMT Lines: 13 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.misc:2953 comp.os.linux.misc:168680 In article <5gjsc9$2cm@innocence.interface-business.de>, J Wunsch (j@ida.interface-business.de) wrote: > This might be because Linux doesn't have the concept of a `raw device' > at all. I always wondered why they diminished this idea, and the I suspect it's mainly because Minix didn't have raw devices either. The legacy of Linux's origins can still be found if you look closely... -- Scott Telford, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre, <s.telford@ed.ac.uk> University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Rd, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, UK.(+44 131 650 5978) "Is it a virus, a drug, or a religion?" "What's the difference?" - Snow Crash