I agree.
I installed Fedora from scratch and Oracle 9.2.0.4 as
promised. It took the same time as RH9, just under 3
hours. I definately used puschitz.com tips and Fedora
required the rhel3_pre_install patch to get the
installer working.
Some tips about Fedora:
1) I was unable to run Fedora under 2.5.1 VMWare
server.
2) The iso download resulted in corrupted CDROM burns
many times, appx 10 coasters. 1st time I had this many
problems.
-- Fedora1 Linux CDROM sources (fast dload)
ftp://ftp.dulug.duke.edu/pub/fedora/core/linux/1/en/iso/i386/
yarrow-i386-disc1.iso
yarrow-i386-disc2.iso
yarrow-i386-disc3.iso
Note: I got many corrupt downloads. I totally
recommend you burn CDROM from these iso and check
_ALL_ _THREE_ disks during the Fedora1 install. I made
at least 10 coasters.
3) The Fedora firewall rules were different (better)
and I updated my personal notes/instructions for
lokkit:
- Firewall Configuration
- (lokkit, /etc/sysconfig/iptables,
/etc/init.d/xinetd restart)
Customize:
Trusted Devices: [ ] eth1, [ ] eth0
Allow incoming: [ ] DHCP, [*] SSH, [ ] Telnet,
[*] WWW (HTTP), [ ] Mail (SMTP), [ ] FTP
Ports: 4443:tcp,7777:tcp,1521:tcp
(Note: Trusted devices disables the firewall, so I
don't do it. Fedora1 implements different firewall
jumping rules that break Apache and Oracle TNS/OCI, so
Fedora must use the ports shown).
4) The Fedora package list is slightly different. Here
is what I started with:
- Package Group Selection (server)
[*] Administration Tools (default)
[*] DNS Name Server
[*] Development Tools
[*] Editors
[*] FTP Server
[*] GNOME Desktop Environment
[*] KDE Desktop Environment
[*] Printing Support (default)
[*] SQL Database Server
[*] Server Configuration Tools (default)
[*] System Tools
[*] Text-based Internet (default)
[*] Web Server (default)
[*] Windows File Server (default)
[*] X Window System
--
(Note: Fedora - I did not select [ ] Network Servers)
--
5) FYI: Some info on versions:
- Test LINUX install
rpm -qa | grep kernel
results:
kernel-2.4.20-8 (RH93)
kernel-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl (Fedora13)
--
rpm -qa | grep release
results:
redhat-release-9-3 (RH93)
fedora-release-1-3 (Fedora13)
--
6) Additional libraries I installed after packages
above (sorry I'm mixing my RH9 and Fedora notes here):
- glibc patch rpm (RH9 RPMS directory, CD1/2)
(just use the Fedora version from its CD1/2/3 whenever
different from RH9)
compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.118.i386.rpm
compat-libgcj-7.3-2.96.118.i386.rpm
compat-libgcj-devel-7.3-2.96.118.i386.rpm
compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.118.i386.rpm
compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96.118.i386.rpm
libpng10-1.0.13-8.i386.rpm (1st of 2)
gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-32.i386.rpm (2nd of 2)
ncurses4-5.0-11.i386.rpm
pdksh-5.2.14-21.i386.rpm
nss_db-compat-2.2-20.i386.rpm
perl-CGI-2.81-88.i386.rpm (1st of 2, rh9 only)
indexhtml-1-2.noarch.rpm (1st of 2, fedora13 only)
lynx-2.8.5-11.i386.rpm (2nd of 2)
- fedora13 (Fedora1 RPMS directory, CD1/2/3)
tcl-8.3.5-93.i386.rpm
compat-db-4.0.14-2.i386.rpm
compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.118.i386.rpm
openmotif21-2.1.30-8.i386.rpm
setarch-1.0-1.i386.rpm
Note: You don't need the perl-CGI on Fedora.
7) Extra patch (than RH9) required for Fedora:
-- patch bug 3006854 (fedora only)
ftp://metalinkuid:password@updates.oracle.com/3006854/p3006854_9204_LINUX.zip
8) JVM installer patch from Werner's notes:
- jvm patch for fedora v1.3 (only)
- relink gcc so the older gcc will be used during the
Oracle installation
- (See Oracle Note:252217.1 for more information)
su - root
mv /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/gcc323
ln -s /usr/bin/gcc296 /usr/bin/gcc
mv /usr/bin/g++ /usr/bin/g++323
ln -s /usr/bin/g++296 /usr/bin/g++
- apply patch 3006854
cp
/home/oracle/oracle_9204_patches/metalink/p3006854_9204_LINUX.zip
/tmp
cd /tmp
unzip p3006854_9204_LINUX.zip
cd 3006854
sh rhel3_pre_install.sh
9) The workaround for ins_ctx error during install,
remember that you can 'tail make.log' and attempt to
modify the compiler command with suffix '-ldl', does
not work on Fedora. Therefore, you sneaky guys, just
follow Warner's notes and ignore until later when you
fix it with a patch.
- Warner fixed a 'chown' error on the O'Reilly
notes.
I think this is wrong on O'Reilly' instructions (at
least for RH9 and Fedora installations):
chown -R oracle.dba /opt/ora9/*
No worries, Warner gets it correct.
I have my entire (constantly changing) notes available
if needed.
That's a summary of the major differences (from RH9)
needed for Fedora and Oracle 9.2.0.4. Good Luck.
Regards,
Mike Thomas
--- David Hau <davehau123_at_netscape.net> wrote:
> I had installed 9.2 on Fedora and created a new DB.
> Everything has been
> working fine so far. oemapp console, sqlplus and
> dbca all work fine.
> Haven't tried other tools.
>
> As Joe mentioned, puschitz.com is the place to go
> for installation
> instructions, which include downloading a couple of
> patches from metalink.
>
> Rgds,
> Dave
>
>
> joe_at_rawsonoaks.com wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have attempted to install 9.2 on Fedora. If you
> follow the
> > www.puschitz.com instructions for RHAS 3, it
> installs. I haven't
> > created a new DB yet, but have mostly been looking
> at the OEM tools.
> > Which, by the way, only partialy work.
> >
> > At least I haven't gotten them to fully work yet.
> The management
> > packs seem to have issues.
> >
> > --
> > Joe Frohne
> > Rawson Oaks Consulting, Remote Oracle Admins
> > http://www.rawsonoaks.com
> > joe_at_rawsonoaks.com or joe_at_frohne.org
> > Oak Creek, WI, USA
> >
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