Regarding kernel upgrade and ASMlib upgrade, there may be an annoyance to some people finding the correct ASMlib on Oracle OTN web site. It's better to always go to www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/linux/index-101839.html#oracleasm_2_0 instead of search at otn.oracle.com. The search result may list multiple pages that appear to have the libraries. But the first link points to a page that may be missing the libraries while the page I showed above has it. Once you installed with rpm, do: /etc/init.d/oracleasm enable ASM is the future. Raw is deprecated. Yong Huang -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list