[Ocfs2-users] data volume option, is it present in current version of ocfs2

[Sunil Mushran]

If you want to use the mainline version of ocfs2, use a raw partition
for the voting disk and ocr.

For the db, specify filesystemio_options=directio in init.ora.

nirmal tom wrote:
> hi,
> i am trying to install oracle rac on fedora core 6 through iscsi.
>
> when i try to mount,
> mount.ocfs2: Invalid argument while mounting /dev/mapper/rac-crs on 
> /mnt/crs. Check 'dmesg' for more information on this error.
>
> error log in dmesg,
> ocfs2: Unmounting device (253,11) on (node 255)
> (27354,0):ocfs2_parse_options:753 ERROR: Unrecognized mount option 
> "datavolume" or missing value
>
> version of ocfs2:
> [root at server ~]# rpm -qa | grep ocfs
> ocfs2console-1.2.2-1
> ocfs2-tools-devel-1.2.2-1
> ocfs2-2.6.9-42.EL-1.2.4-2
> ocfs2-tools-1.2.2-1
>
> i googled and found this datavolume option was taken from 1.2 but also 
> it is quite needed for voting disk.I saw the dates of threads 
> discussing this problem and it is almost 7 to 8 months back.
>
> how to make it work? is any new version available now? or how to fix it?
>
> thanks for any response.
>
> regards,
> Nirmal Tom.V
>
>
>
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