From: David Yeung <dyeung@ust.hk>
Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server,comp.linux.development.apps
Subject: Oracle on Linux using raw partitions
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 19:14:08 +0800
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Has anyone run Oracle8i on Linux(i386) v2.x using a raw disk partition as an Oracle datafile?
A data file in Linux(i386) v2.x has 2G file size limitation. If the raw disk partition is
used, does it has 2G size limitation any more?

Thanks for advice

david