Resending due to overquoting: Redhat now has something it calls kmod-oracleasm, which it lists as the (open-source (GPL) kernel module package). I am not sure exactly how that works into the whole equation, perhaps someone who knows more about open source than I can explain it, but it looks to me like Redhat has some oracleasm support... <SNIP > > I forgot to mention that we will be using the UEK version of Oracle = >> Linux so <I think> the patching is a non-issue. >> > Thanks for the links and input from everyone. >> >=20<SNIP >> > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.' -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l