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# 20.2 GEOM Introduction

GEOM permits access and control to classes -- Master Boot Records, BSD labels, etc -- through the use of providers, or the special files in `/dev`. Supporting various software RAID configurations, GEOM will transparently provide access to the operating system and operating system utilities.

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