in a 4.0 kernel, teh block device doesn't exist, you always use the
character device,
so it was renamed so that /dev/da0s1a is teh name for the char device
but if you are using a device on a 3.4 disk it refers toi the block device
(which isn't in a 4.0 kernel)
On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Brad Knowles wrote:
> At 7:33 PM -0800 2000/3/25, Doug Barton wrote:
>
> > 'fsck -y /dev/da0s1a'
>
> I had tried that already, but I'll do it again and let you see
> what happens:
>
> $ fsck -y /dev/da0s1a
> Can't open /dev/da0s1a: Invalid argument
>
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