Setting up RAW Disks
Here we will go about setting up RAW disks. Clusterware NEEDS to find these
disks for installation. Otherwise it will not start.
Step 1: Add Disks to the VM.
Step 2: 5 G should be enough.
Step 3: Choose manage my computer.
Step 4: Upon right clicking the "Disk Management," disk installation wizards
pop up!
Step 5: Next
Step 6: Next, these Disks should NOT be checked or else your
Clusterware will NOT function!
Step 6: After a couple of 'NEXTS', you see that the Disks are BASIC and
Unallocated.
Step 7: Right Click "Disk 1" to create a partition.
Step 8: Choose extended partition.
Step 9: Again, click NEXT two times and you see the Disk turn Green.
Right click to create a "logical drive."
Step 10: Upon clicking NEXT three times, you must choose "do not
assign a drive letter…"
Step 11: Do NOT format this partition!
Step 12: Now upon completing the RAW disk, you can see for yourself
that it differs from your "regular cooked" disk.
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