On Mon, 12 Oct 2020, Paul Riley wrote:
> Mini-Unix has removed 'raw' devices (not sure why, probably seemed
> un-needed),
If it's relevant FreeBSD hasn't had raw devices for ages (not needed?);
No longer needed. Phk removed the need for different types of devices for disks as part of the geom work. It required, though, that unaligned I/O on the block device worked...
I
don't know about Penguin/OS because my Debian box is off the air right
now (and my Ubuntu box's video is beyond repair).
Last I checked, linux still had both.
Warner