> I'm trying to find out if anyone has successfully accessed raw devices
> in SLES9.  We're on kernel 2.6.5-7.139  (SP1).  The error I get is

Raw devices are no longer the first choice in Linux Kernel 2.6. If 
possible applications should use standard block operations with O_DIRECT 
instead. 
Nevertheless, raw devices are still available if needed.
Please see 

/usr/share/doc/packages/util-linux/README.raw


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