Adding datafile on RAW partition

hi masters,
facing a problem regarding adding datafile to a raw partition. we are using Linux and oracle 10 g R2.
whenever we create a raw partition a datafile(.dbf) is created with the partition.
now we want oracle to use that datafile as an online datafile.
we cant delete that file as one monitoring file is created with every raw partition and datafile.
is there any command in oracle that will instruct oracle to use that created datafile and make it online???
what is the standard procedure in this kind of scenario??
we also have created symbolic link for all datafiles.
any suggestions???
thanks and regards
VD

Hi Vikrant,
Assuming you have done something like this to create the sym link
ln -s /dev/raw/disk1 /oracle/links/datafile01.dbf
then
alter tablespace xxxx add datafile '/oracle/links/datafile01.dbf' size xxxM;
should work fine.
I've not got access to any raw devices to check this though....
Have you got another system with some free devices where you can create a new tablespace and add a file to it to check? Are the other files for the tablespace using sym links also?
Regards,
Harry

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