Hello from a new subscriber

I find that the 'raw' command (bind a block i/o device to a raw
device node [major 162]) doesn't work on my Suse/s390
distribution;

2.4.7-SuSE-SMP #1 SMP Wed Apr 3 16:16:11 CEST 2002 s390 unknown

Any and every attempt to use the command simply returns the
'usage:' message; even 'raw -qa', which simply queries the
current bindings.

Anyone else seen this behaviour?

I found this snippet on the net;

===
> > When I try to make a raw device for my DVD player, I issue
> > the command "raw /dev/raw1 /dev/hdc", and I simply get the
> > usage message.
> > Even "raw -qa" just gives me the usage message.
>
> Does the `raw' command work if you compile it with
> -fsigned-char?
> If yes, they (incorrectly) assume a `char' is signed,
> causing getopt() to fail, and you should file a bug report.

Yes that was the problem and I have filed a report with the
maintainers of util-linux.
===

Could it be that the 'raw' command is failing because of
compilation options?

Anyone know where to get the source for 'raw'
(from rawio-2-29);

l0002d01:/proc # rpm -ql rawio-2-29
/usr/sbin/raw
/usr/share/man/man8/raw.8.gz


Thanks, and regards

Steve Jones

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