device name

[chennai]

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

[Stuart Browne]

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).

[Dave Falloon]

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

[Mark Grant]

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

Might have missed something though