----- Original Message ----- From: "Magni Fabrizio" <Fabrizio.Magni@xxxxxxxxx> > I can confirm you two things: > linux support direct i/o (with o_direct), > SLES9 seems to have o_direct broken. > snip > I fear something is not working as expected in SuSE 2.6.5-7.97 kernel. > It's definitely very sensitive to tinkering. I just broke half my packages by re-compiling the kernel for Pentium-M on my notebook: they do not accept the compile option... Cheers Nuno Souto nsouto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l