how to access mounted drive as raw file

From: Richard Limanowski <richard.limanowski_at_t-online.de>
Date: 2 Mar 2002 06:24:32 -0800
Message-ID: <a77e1f06.0203020624.7cd9fc24@posting.google.com>

Hi,

I am looking for a way to access "mounted drive" as a raw file from within oracle.

In an article "HOW TO SETUP ORACLE ON A RAW PARTITION" I found a description how to do in on a partition level: 1. create partition (without creating a file system on it) 2. use raw file with a construct '\\.\f:' like

create tablespace xxx datafile '\\.\f:' size 1 M;

But what if I:
1. create partition (without creating a file system on it) 2. do not assign a drive letter to it but mount it into an empty

NTFS directory, say 'i:\raw1'?

I tried:
richard_at_onc> CREATE TABLESPACE rts DATAFILE '\\.\i:\raw1' SIZE 1M *
ERROR at line 1:

ORA-01119: error in creating database file '\\.\i:\raw1'
ORA-27040: skgfrcre: create error, unable to create file
OSD-04002: Datei kann nicht geöffnet werden
O/S-Error: (OS 5) Zugriff verweigert

Cheers

Richard Limanowski Received on Sat Mar 02 2002 - 08:24:32 CST