VMWare Fusion & Shared Disks for RAC install

Does anyone have any advice on how best to install a 2 node RAC 10G on a Macbook Pro. I've searched the forums here and haven't found much on this subject.
I'm having problems setting up the shared disks to be used for the voting disk and ASM.
Cheers,
Mike

This link might help you in what you are looking for.
http://www.apple.com/itpro/profiles/rotech/
Good luck,
--MM                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

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