Thanks! However, I had seen this note already, but it's slight different situation. It's restore, not backup, and in my case it’s certainly not the last block of partition - the corrupted blocks are at 512M mark in 2000M file. Thanks nonetheless! Uldis Pavuls DBA, TietoEnator 41 Lacplesa Str., Riga, Latvia, LV 1011 phone +371 7 286 660, fax +371 7 771 313 mailto:Uldis.Pavuls@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.tietoenator.com | -----Original Message----- | From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Freeman | Sent: trešdiena, 2007. gada 3. janvārī 0:44 | To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | Subject: Fwd: Re: RMAN fails because of corrupt block in | seemingly free space in SYSTEM (REPOST) | | | Sorry.... I got an error message back that said quote | back was too large... So I'm resending... | | > Are you using RAW for your DB?? See metalink note | > 1069093.6. along with a workaround. | | | By the way, to all of you that have bought my Oracle | 10g RMAN book, thank you! | | Robert | | | Robert G. Freeman | Author: | Portable DBA: Oracle (Oracle Press) | Oracle Database 10g New Features (Oracle Press) | Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press) | Oracle9i New Features (Oracle Press) | Oracle Replication (Rampant Tech Press) | Mastering Oracle8i (Sybex) | Oracle8 to 8i Upgrade Exam Cram (Coriolis <RIP>) | Oracle 7.3 to 8 Upgrade Exam Cram (Coriolis <RIP>) | -- | //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l | | | -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l