List, 
i'm trying to create a tablespace on a raw device created in AIX,

$ mklv -y oraraw rootvg 4

then i change the persmissions chown oracle:dba /dev/oraraw

then i change the mode also... chmod 777 /dev/oraraw

brwxrwxrwx   1 oracle   dba       38,  4 Jul 18 10:50 oraraw

then  i create a tablespace 

SQL> create tablespace temp_tbs datafile '/dev/oraraw' size 10m;

ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01119: error in creating database file '/dev/oraraw'
ORA-07420: sfccf: Illegal file type.

what am i doing wrong ? 

TIA
Rahul





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