> On Jan 4, 11:05am, Harald Milz wrote:
> > Subject: Re: 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.
> >
> >-- End of excerpt from Harald Milz
>