[Gllug] moving system from one disc to another

Richard Jones rich at annexia.org
Thu Sep 2 16:57:37 UTC 2010


On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 09:15:02AM +0100, Alain Williams wrote:
> Linux doesn't have raw devices for things like disks - one of the
> differences with Unix.

It does, they just look like the ordinary devices.  If you want them
to be "raw", you open them with the O_DIRECT flag.

Rich.

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