Hi, I am confused on how does Linux kernel handle writes done directly to the /dev/sda3 partitions which is not even mounted. Is the kernel even aware of such writes, does it go though the request queue, I/O scheduler, etc ? Is it possible to monitor such writes ? Regards. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies