1. Solaris

Hi I have solaris 8 installed on Intel machine. the disk I have is IDE. I would like to know how can I create a raw partition on an IDE disk. Regards, Raja (2 Replies)

2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hello all, I'm new here, so this information may exist elsewhere on this forum. If so, please point me in the right direction. Here's the problem. I'm trying to migrate Oracle data from an HP system to a Sun system using a raw device as a 'bridge' between the two systems. Both machines... (4 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

What do u mean by raw and cooked disk? What are the advantages of having raw disk? Thanks n regards, (1 Reply)

4. AIX

Hi all, We have a problem after exporting a exhanced concurrent capable VG accessed in concurrent mode, created on raw devices ( pSeries 590 AIX5.3 + HACMP5.3 +SAN4300) from node A to node B. On node B the VG is correct activated by HACMP, but on node A we have 0516-306 error "Unable to find... (3 Replies)

5. AIX

Is there any system call available in AIX to read the size of raw disk? If I use the command "lspv -L",it only gives size of PVs on which file system is there. I need to extract the size raw disk i.e. file system is not there on the disk. Thanks, Megha (6 Replies)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I am having trouble understanding the difference between a passthrough device and a named device and when you would use one or the other to access equipment. As an example, we have a tape library and giving the command "camcontrol devlist" gives the following output: akx# camcontrol... (1 Reply)

7. Filesystems, Disks and Memory

The query is as follows : A typical server configs when using Oracle or any other type of DB is to install the OS + DB binaries on the internal disks of the relevant server e.g. Disk 1 : OS + SW + DB binaries Disk 2 : Mirror of disk 1 (used for resiliency) Then one uses an external array... (1 Reply)

8. Programming

Hi guys. what is the benefits of using raw devices in programming? which applications mostly use raw devices? how can i use raw devices in C programs? is there any system calls or library functions? (1 Reply)