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    SubjectRe: lack of raw disk devices
    Marty Leisner (leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com) wrote:
    > I understand linux doesn't have raw devices because
    > we don't need it.

    We actually do. A couple of database product make use of raw devices if
    they exist, e.g. Oracle.


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