RE: Red Hat 7.0 and raw devices

From: Vadim Gorbounov <vgorbounov_at_simplyengineering.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 06:32:10 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.00393823.20010920063022@fatcity.com>

Hi, Ed,
RH can handle raw devices, some kernel 2.2 need raw device patch, my current RH7.1 (2.4.2 ) and RH6.2 (2.2.19), had everything in place. Check if the raw utility is present.
1. Create partitions (fdisk). Important to set partition type to something, not recognizable by RH, I set to 90
2. Bind rawdevice like:

         /usr/bin/raw /dev/raw/raw1 /dev/hda9 3. Set ownership and mode:

         /bin/chmod 600 /dev/raw/raw1          
         /bin/chown oracle /dev/raw/raw1       

Steps 2 and 3 shoud be done every time when machine reboots. RH7.1 has startup script ready, I just put chmod and chown into it. Check /etc/init.d and /etc/sysconfig directories reboot & enjoy.

Vadim Gorbounov
Oracle DBA

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Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 8:40 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Hi List,

Does this couple live together? Do I need to install any additional patches from RH in order to support raw devices? Are there any limitations on the kernel?
And I have the same questions about SuSe7.0.

Thanks in advance for any info,
Ed
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