On Sun, Oct 11, 2020, 6:55 PM Dave Horsfall wrote: > On Mon, 12 Oct 2020, Paul Riley wrote: > > > Mini-Unix has removed 'raw' devices (not sure why, probably seemed > > un-needed), > > If it's relevant FreeBSD hasn't had raw devices for ages (not needed?); No longer needed. Phk removed the need for different types of devices for disks as part of the geom work. It required, though, that unaligned I/O on the block device worked... I > don't know about Penguin/OS because my Debian box is off the air right > now (and my Ubuntu box's video is beyond repair). > Last I checked, linux still had both. Warner >