Redhat RHEL 6 will also NOT support raw device. --- On Thu, 8/7/08, Hemant K Chitale <hkchital@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Hemant K Chitale <hkchital@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: 12G Desupport for Raw Devices To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 11:02 AM For those using Raw Devices (wether for Redo Logs in non-RAC or for Database Files as well in RAC), see MetaLink Note#578455.1 "Announcement of De-Support of RAW devices in Release 12G " Hemant K Chitale http://hemantoracledba.blogspot.com "A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble." Mohandas Gandhi Quotes : http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/mohandas_gandhi.html -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l