block device vs char device

Hi, I'm new to FreeBSD. I have had a little experience with Slackware Linux. I have a couple of questions. This is the output (partial) from ls -l /dev of my FreeBSD 4.6 i386 box. ... crw-r- 2 root operator 13, 0x00020002 Jul 23 14:49 da0s1 crw-r- 2 root operator 13,

block device vs char device

Hi, I'm new to FreeBSD. I have had a little experience with Slackware Linux. I have a couple of questions. This is the output (partial) from ls -l /dev of my FreeBSD 4.6 i386 box. ... crw-r- 2 root operator 13, 0x00020002 Jul 23 14:49 da0s1 crw-r- 2 root operator 13,

block device vs char device

Hi, I have a couple of questions. Which the difference between /dev/cd0a /dev/cd0c? ... crw-r- 2 root operator 15, 0 Jul 23 14:50 cd0a crw-r- 2 root operator 15, 2 Jul 23 14:50 cd0c crw-r- 2 root operator 15, 8 Jul 23 14:50 cd1a crw-r- 2 root operator 15,