Actually OCFS 2.0 is supposed to support the binaries. That would have been for 10gSE RAC support {although, again, you can have local installs of the Oracle SW} See Note 252331.1 on MetaLink At 03:36 PM Friday, you wrote: Per B10766_04, 5-22, 5-23, it *IS NOT* supported to use Cluster file system using OCFS for Linux to contain $ORACLE_BASE, but it *IS* supported to place Cluster Ready Services (CRS) files on OCFS. Hemant K Chitale Oracle 9i Database Administrator Certified Professional http://web.singnet.com.sg/~hkchital [1] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Links --- 1 http://web.singnet.com.sg/~hkchital ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------