read on /dev/hd? ?

Vladimir Dergachev (vladimid@seas.upenn.edu)
Fri, 21 Aug 1998 01:55:57 -0400 (EDT)

If I make a read on /dev/hd? as a file (after doing lseek)
would the data I read put in the buffer and later reused
if filesystem tried to access the disk ?

Is it dangerous to read a mounted device ? (only read)

thank you

Vladimir Dergachev

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