http://oraclepitstop.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/raw-devices-on-rhel-5-or-oel-5/ it's been deprecated (still there but you need to manually build the file yourself if udev doesn't work for you- completely gone from rhel6 AFAIK). Rui Amaral Database Administrator ITS - SSG TD Bank Financial Group 220 Bay St., 11th Floor Toronto, ON, CA, M5K1A2 (bb) (647) 204-9106 ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mostafa Eletriby Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 9:16 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-tips@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: missing file at oracle RAC installation Hello DBAs, I need to install Oracle RAC 10g at vmware machine. Operating system: Linux RedHat 5.2 But I couldn't find that mentioned file rawdevices in order to edit at both nodes of RAC. Edit the file /etc/sysconfig/rawdevices adding the following lines. /dev/raw/raw1 /dev/sdb1 /dev/raw/raw2 /dev/sdc1 /dev/raw/raw3 /dev/sdd1 /dev/raw/raw4 /dev/sde1 /dev/raw/raw5 /dev/sdf1 ===== [root@rac1 sysconfig]# cd /etc/sysconfig/ [root@rac1 sysconfig]# pwd /etc/sysconfig [root@rac1 sysconfig]# ls -l raw* ls: raw*: No such file or directory [root@rac1 sysconfig]# Anyone has idea about finding this file. Many Thanks NOTICE: Confidential message which may be privileged. Unauthorized use/disclosure prohibited. If received in error, please go to www.td.com/legal for instructions. AVIS : Message confidentiel dont le contenu peut être privilégié. Utilisation/divulgation interdites sans permission. Si reçu par erreur, prière d'aller au www.td.com/francais/avis_juridique pour des instructions.