topic device name in Operating System - Linux

device name

chennai — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 01:34:36 GMT

could anyone tell me, is there any device name in redhat linux as follows " /dev/rdsk/ch* " or " /dev/dsk/ch* ".

Re: device name

Stuart Browne — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 01:43:45 GMT

From what I can see, the '/dev/dsk/' and '/dev/rdsk/' are Solaris or Unixware devices structures.

I'm not aware of these being translated over into the Linux world. A search through the kernel source reveals no references to 'rdsk'.

The closest are references to '/dev/vx/rdsk/' for Veratis Volume Manager managed volumes (see kernel documentation's 'device.txt' for details).

Re: device name

Dave Falloon — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 15:04:59 GMT

Stuart's right, that is an older unix convention. What specifically do you need these devices for?

If you need access to the raw disk /dev/sd* or /dev/hd* should be sufficient.

Dave

Re: device name

Mark Grant — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 15:53:57 GMT

Actually, I didn't think Linux supported raw devices as such.

Might have missed something though