[TUHS] Fwd: Choice of Unix for 11/03 and 11/23+ Systems

[Michael Huff]

On 10/11/2020 4:53 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> 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?); 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).
>
> -- Dave

I suspect it's really irrelevant, but NetBSD (as of version 9) still 
uses raw devices; at least for fsck (I have no idea about anywhere else).

I haven't tried; but it wouldn't surprise me to find that OpenBSD uses 
raw devices too.