Re: raw partitions, some simple questions

In article <3A76EB8F.B10218F2_at_univ.gda.pl>,   Maciej Kwapulinski <pikpok_at_univ.gda.pl> wrote:
> I'm new to oracle (although a few years experience with unixes)
> I have a question about raw partitions.
> I don't understand when do we use them during the oracle instalation
> process.
> Can I install everything on raw partition, I mean all oracle tree, for
> example :
> ..../oracle/admin
> ..../oracle/doc
> ..../oracle/jre
> ...../oracle/oradata
> ...../oracle/oui
> ....../oracle/product
>
> or I use it only while creating new databases, while the rest is
> installed in ufs filesystem
>
> documentation doesn't answer these basic (very important) questions,
 so
> i don't understand this
>
> greetings
> Maciek
>
>

My understanding is you use raw partitions for tablespaces only, where 1 tablespace = 1 raw partition.
All the rest should be on cooked ufs file systems.

Hth,

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