Description of problem: In the documentation we state that it's possible to set up custom names for RAW devices: https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Tuning_and_Optimizing_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_for_Oracle_9i_and_10g_Databases/sect-Oracle_9i_and_10g_Tuning_Guide-Configuring_IO_for_Raw_Partitions-Using_Raw_Devices_for_Oracle_Databases.html It's anyway impossible to use a different name from rawX because the utility supports only this names (rawX). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): # rpm -qa | grep util-linux util-linux-2.13-0.59.el5_8 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a raw device with custome name (not rawX) 2. Restart the rawdevices service 3. Check the output Actual results: Unsupported raw device name '/dev/raw/test1' (format is /dev/raw/rawN)) Unsupported raw device name '/dev/raw/test2' (format is /dev/raw/rawN)) Expected results: Creation of the rawdevices as per doc suggestion Additional info: The devices are being created manually: # ls -la /dev/raw/test* crw------- 1 root root 162, 1 Mar 11 11:39 /dev/raw/test1 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 162, 1 Mar 13 10:48 /dev/raw/test2
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Closing; verified for release in RHEL 5.10.