https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/lvm-question/m-p/3779639#M262965 hello, i want to ask in lvm configuration sometime we use /dev/rdsk/cxtxdx and sometimes we user /dev/dsk/cxtxdx. What is that block files and raw files . <BR /><BR />thanks in advance.<BR /><BR /> Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:12:11 GMT xcvzxvzxdv 2006-04-28T09:12:11Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/lvm-question/m-p/3779639#M262965 hello, i want to ask in lvm configuration sometime we use /dev/rdsk/cxtxdx and sometimes we user /dev/dsk/cxtxdx. What is that block files and raw files . <BR /><BR />thanks in advance.<BR /><BR /> Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:12:11 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/lvm-question/m-p/3779639#M262965 xcvzxvzxdv 2006-04-28T09:12:11Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/lvm-question/m-p/3779640#M262966 check this thread.<BR /><BR /><A href="http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=102950" target="_blank">http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=102950</A><BR /><BR />Regards,<BR />Robert-Jan Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:16:20 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/lvm-question/m-p/3779640#M262966 Robert-Jan Goossens 2006-04-28T09:16:20Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/lvm-question/m-p/3779641#M262967 The difference is simply the buffer cache. Block devices use the buffer cache; character devices do not. Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:27:00 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/lvm-question/m-p/3779641#M262967 A. Clay Stephenson 2006-04-28T09:27:00Z