Archive for February, 2008

Raw Devices on RHEL 5 or OEL 5

Posted on February 15, 2008. Filed under: Linux | Tags: oel5, raw-device, rawdevice, rawdevices, rhel5 |

Be aware that raw device technology had been deprecated in RedHat Linux 5 (RHEL5) and Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 OEL5). / Linux Kernel 2.6
Does this mean we cannot use Rawdevices in RHEL5 or OEL5? As always there’s a workaround to make this happen by means of UDEV technique and Oracle 11g & 10gR2 has options [...]

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Uninstall vmware on Windows Vista

Posted on February 9, 2008. Filed under: Vmware | Tags: uninstall vmware, vista |

Uninstalling vmware workstation or servers on Windows vista OS can turn out to be a painful task esp. while trying with control panel -> add / remove programs.
I tried installing VMware workstation 5.5 on Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (for RAC and 11i/R12 installation). The installation went through fine, but when i tried launching the workstation, it errored [...]

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