sloan njktmsusacom dirk moolman wrote sorry let explain using oracle oracle uses filesystems create datafiles example create files like oradata01system01dbf oradata02users01dbf oradata02 new filesystem created points device devsda instead devsda1 partition sda problem formatted mounted fine without problems oracle ok space dont want run problems line want make sure ok like unix systems careful device partitions offsets use dont much experience linux want confirm setup ok youre running oracle surely youre running sles joe tue 05 aug 2008 204500 0800 opensuse use entire disk partition