https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231213 Summary: raw devices created at wrong destination Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: Final Platform: x86 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: mbra@gmx.ch QAContact: qa@suse.de After upgrade from 10.1 to 10.2, raw devices will no longer work because of creation at wrong destination: The /etc/raw contains the following line (worked with suse10.1): raw1:vg2/asm For debugging , I deactivated /etc/init.d/raw (chkconfig ...) and tried to setup it manually: # ls /dev/raw ls: cannot access /dev/raw: No such file or directory # modprobe raw # ls /dev/raw rawctl # /usr/sbin/raw /dev/raw/raw1 /dev/vg2/asm /dev/raw/raw1: bound to major 253, minor 11 # ls -l /dev/raw/raw1 ls: cannot access /dev/raw/raw1: No such file or directory ### ===> the /dev/raw/raw1 device was not created as the output says # ls -l /dev/raw* crw-rw---- 1 root root 162, 1 Jan 1 15:05 /dev/raw1 /dev/raw: total 0 crw-rw---- 1 root disk 162, 0 Jan 1 15:04 rawctl ### ===> the device was created as /dev/raw1 instead of /dev/raw/raw1 # /usr/sbin/raw -qa /dev/raw/raw1: bound to major 253, minor 11 I have to manually create the device file at the right position, then Oracle is able to start. # mknod /dev/raw/raw1 c 162 1 # chown oracle:dba /dev/raw/raw1 #as usual, not specific to this bug -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.