raw on AIX, illegal file type !!!!

From: Rahul <rahul_at_ratelindo.co.id>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 21:56:24 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0034CF38.20010717211020@fatcity.com>

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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