[Ocfs2-users] Re: new ocfs2 packages for Gentoo Linux

[Joel Becker]

Cc'ing ocfs2-users.

On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 01:39:35PM -0400, Mauricio Zambrano S. wrote:
>    I ve just made available ocfs2 and ocfs2-tools package for Gentoo 
> Linux on http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98024.

	We'll have a look in a little bit.  I don't know gentoo
packaging guidelines, so it might take a while.

>    I also have a question for you, I was testing ocfs2 but when I run 
> the Oracle Cluster Ready Services(OCRS) and it ask me the file location 
> for the Oracle Cluster Registry File it always show me an error that 
> tells me "Oracle Cluster Registry can exist only as a shared file system 
> file or as a shared raw partition" and I m trying to install it on my 
> ocfs2 partition (/u02). You can see the log of my OCRS installation on 
> http://webdb.homelinux.com/oracle/ocr.

	You need to mount the partition that CRS will uses with "-o
datavolume".  This enables some compatitbility.  Do NOT use "-o
datavolume" for your binaries, etc.  It's a compatibility measure that
will go away in the future.

Joel

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