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Subjectlack of raw disk devices
DateFri, 2 Jan 1998 15:23:13 PST
From"Marty Leisner" <>
I understand linux doesn't have raw devices because
we don't need it.

When I do a badblocks -w on a reasonable size disk
(I just put a 3gig scsi on my system), the system can
go out to lunch for a few seconds (becomes very non-interactive).

Does a badblocks effectively  flush out the buffer cache?


marty		leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com   
Don't  confuse education with schooling.
	Milton Friedman to Yogi Berra

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