diff --git a/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c b/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c
index df79f39..5b22841 100644
--- a/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c
+++ b/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c
@@ -4415,6 +4415,8 @@ fail:
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static int ESECT mdb_env_map(MDB_env *env, void *addr);
+
 /** Read the environment parameters of a DB environment before
  * mapping it into memory.
  * @param[in] env the environment handle
@@ -4431,6 +4433,27 @@ mdb_env_read_header(MDB_env *env, int prev, MDB_meta *meta)
 	int			i, rc, off;
 	enum { Size = sizeof(pbuf) };
 
+	if (env->me_flags & MDB_RAWPART) {
+#define VM_ALIGN	0x200000
+		env->me_mapsize += VM_ALIGN-1;
+		env->me_mapsize &= ~(VM_ALIGN-1);
+		env->me_psize = env->me_os_psize;
+		rc = mdb_env_map(env, NULL);
+		p = (MDB_page *)env->me_map;
+		for (i=0; i<NUM_METAS; i++) {
+			if (!F_ISSET(p->mp_flags, P_META))
+				return ENOENT;
+			if (env->me_metas[i]->mm_magic != MDB_MAGIC)
+				return MDB_INVALID;
+			if (env->me_metas[i]->mm_version != MDB_DATA_VERSION)
+				return MDB_VERSION_MISMATCH;
+			if (i == 0 || env->me_metas[i]->mm_txnid > meta->mm_txnid)
+				*meta = *env->me_metas[i];
+			p = (MDB_page *)((char *)p + env->me_psize);
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* We don't know the page size yet, so use a minimum value.
 	 * Read both meta pages so we can use the latest one.
 	 */
@@ -4526,6 +4549,18 @@ mdb_env_init_meta(MDB_env *env, MDB_meta *meta)
 
 	psize = env->me_psize;
 
+	if ((env->me_flags & (MDB_RAWPART|MDB_WRITEMAP)) == (MDB_RAWPART|MDB_WRITEMAP)) {
+		p = (MDB_page *)env->me_map;
+		p->mp_pgno = 0;
+		p->mp_flags = P_META;
+		*(MDB_meta *)METADATA(p) = *meta;
+		q = (MDB_page *)((char *)p + psize);
+		q->mp_pgno = 1;
+		q->mp_flags = P_META;
+		*(MDB_meta *)METADATA(q) = *meta;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	p = calloc(NUM_METAS, psize);
 	if (!p)
 		return ENOMEM;
@@ -4800,6 +4835,8 @@ mdb_env_map(MDB_env *env, void *addr)
 #else	/* !_WIN32 */
 	int mmap_flags = MAP_SHARED;
 	int prot = PROT_READ;
+	if (flags & MDB_WRITEMAP)
+		prot |= PROT_WRITE;
 #ifdef MAP_NOSYNC	/* Used on FreeBSD */
 	if (flags & MDB_NOSYNC)
 		mmap_flags |= MAP_NOSYNC;
@@ -4815,7 +4852,6 @@ mdb_env_map(MDB_env *env, void *addr)
 	} else
 	{
 	if (flags & MDB_WRITEMAP) {
-		prot |= PROT_WRITE;
 		if (!(flags & MDB_RAWPART) && ftruncate(env->me_fd, env->me_mapsize) < 0)
 			return ErrCode();
 	}
@@ -5957,7 +5993,7 @@ mdb_env_open(MDB_env *env, const char *path, unsigned int flags, mdb_mode_t mode
 		if (rc)
 			return ErrCode();
 		flags &= ~MDB_RAWPART;
-		if (S_ISBLK(st.st_mode))
+		if (S_ISBLK(st.st_mode) || S_ISCHR(st.st_mode))
 			flags |= MDB_RAWPART | MDB_NOSUBDIR;
 	}
 #endif