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'''Block devices'''
'''Block devices'''
Transfers chunks or blocks of information at a time by using physical memory to buffer the transfer
Transfers chunks or blocks of information at a time by using physical memory to buffer the transfer


To view the type of the file use the following command
To view the type of the file use the following command
  “ls -l/dev/dsk”
  “ls -l/dev/dsk”
==Filesystems==
==Filesystems==



Revision as of 17:25, 10 February 2012

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Main Point

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/Dev directoy

The /dev directory contains the special device files that control access all the devices. Two main types of devices under all systems:

Character devices

Data transfers character by character to and from the device.

Block devices

Transfers chunks or blocks of information at a time by using physical memory to buffer the transfer

To view the type of the file use the following command

“ls -l/dev/dsk”

Filesystems

Working with Floppies

CDs, DVDs, and ISO Images

Hard Disks

USB and Fireware based storage

Monitoring Filesystems

Hard Disk Quotas