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From: "Buddy Lumpkin" <b.lumpkin@attbi.com>
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>Also, am I right about 2.2.xx kernels? Are any of these
>kernels affected by block size of a mounted filesystem?
>Does it matter if I use a /dev/raw* device? Does any
>kernel use different units for file bodies and metadata?

Raw devices are character special devices allowing arbitrary sized reads
and writes of 1 byte or more.

--Buddy


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