What is the difference between dsk and rdsk

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What is the difference between dsk and rdsk..

Answer / sbrahman75

DSK: Block level devices

RDSK: Raw level device or character level device

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What is the difference between dsk and rdsk..

Answer / naresh kumar

rdsk- raw disk(character special)
it is not formatted and we can't mount it
dsk - disk (block special)
it is formatted and we can mount it

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What is the difference between dsk and rdsk..

Answer / venkat

before formatting a disk it is raw disk(character special)
After formatting a disk it is dsk devivce(block special)
dsk--we can write multiple data at time

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