How to fix the Oracle error ORA-27094: raw volume used can damage partition table?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-27094: raw volume used can damage partition table with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-27094: raw volume used can damage partition table

Reason for the Error ORA-27094: raw volume used can damage partition table

A raw device with VTOC information was provided as a database file.

How to fix the Error ORA-27094: raw volume used can damage partition table ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Make sure the disk partition that is provided to Oracle does not start at sector 0