Re: Oracle On Linux -- Install Is Just Aweful !!!

I've still got some frustration... I still havent got the 8i working... but i did manager to get Oracle8 kinda working. The sqlplus utility core dumps though...

Earlier today, I did notice on the RedHat site that they're going to be releasing the Redhat Enterprise Edition in mid-april which is optimized for Oracle8i where the site promo says:

  http://www.redhat.com/products/
  Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition Optimized for Oracle 8i.   Oracle Integration—fully tested and supported by Oracle   and Red Hat—ensures a stable, reliable environment.

Hopefully, it'll work without any major headaches...

allen

Buck Turgidson wrote in message
>I assumed that Oracle was promoting linux in order to undermine Microsoft
>and SQL Server. They need to make it much easier if they're gonna get
>anywhere.
>
>Since they have an equity interest in RedHat, maybe they should release an
>RPM version of Oracle.
>
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>Peter <peter_at_thebabystore.com> wrote in message
>news:89tuut$827$1_at_nntp5.atl.mindspring.net...
>> The Linux Oracle Install -- what a beast !!
>>
>> I just received my Linux install CD's from technet Thursday.
>> Oracle on NT installs really easy & quick. The install of
>> Linux was so cool- i was thoroughly impressed !!!
>>
>> The Oracle for Linux install is just aweful! Even when i went to
>> technet and read the install update notes. Its says that this
>> doesnt work and that doesnt work and that i'll have to go to some
>> other site to get this jre version and then over to redhat for
>> another download...
>>
>> All i've got is Redhat 6.1 straight out of the box and i've got
>> to do all these other things... which i did and i'm still having
>> linking problems. There's all these other sites on the net from
>> people who've managed to get it to work and they've posted the
>> various work arounds they've discovered....
>>
>> EVERY DAY i read the newsgroups and see postings where people
>> are having Linux install problems.
>>
>> This is NOT the way that a company as large as Oracle should
>> be releasing software. This is ridiculous !!!
>>
>> Its just so disappointing that Oracle has done this. I really
>> feel they've dropped the ball with respects to the Linux install
>> CD's !!!!
>>
>> Oracle was even offering a promo deal directly from the RedHat
>> corporate site...
>>
>> and from what i've read... Linux development at Oracle is even done
>> using RedHat... but you can't even give us a CD set that works
>> without having me go thru all this crap ???
>>
>> So.... Hey Oracle... the Oracle RDBMS on Linux can be a really great
>> thing... Get your act together !!!!
>>
>>
>>
>> Allen Hayden
>> Senior Partner
>> Hayden Worthington, Inc.
>>
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>> Kurt Fitzner wrote in message <89pl7t$283$1_at_burn.ab.videon.ca>...
>> >I am having a rather frustrating time getting 8.1.5i installed on Linux.
>> >The dbassist program won't run for me. I get the warning that everyone
>> >mentions "JNLS Exception...Unable to find any National Character Sets".
>> >The FAQ, and all sorts of other postings, say to ignore the error. I
>have
>> >no choice but to ignore it, since after I get the error, nothing else
>> >happens.
>> >
>> >The above error comes up on a message box. As soon as I click 'OK', the
>> >following appears on the terminal used to run dbassist:
>> >
>> > java.lang.NumberFormatException:
>> > at java.lang.Long.parseLong(Long.java)
>> > at java.lang.Long.parseLong(Long.java)
>> > at WizOSD.DBQueryAvailableRAM(WizOSD.java:296)
>> > at CheckerClass.CheckAvailableRAM(CheckerClass.java:496)
>> > at CheckerClass.DetectAll(CheckerClass.java:63)
>> > at DBConfigInfo_base.<init>(DBConfigInfo_base.java:901)
>> > at DBConfigInfo.<init>(DBConfigInfo.java:44)
>> > at DBCreateWizard.<init>(DBCreateWizard.java:421)
>> > at DBCreateWizard.main(DBCreateWizard.java:1082)
>> >
>> >After that appears, it just hangs. Sits there. No return to the
>> >command prompt, no further windows open, no CPU usage, no disk activity.
>> >
>> >Is there some Java setting to have it continue after exceptions? If so,
>> >I'd sure appreciate any feedback.
>> >
>> > Kurt.
>> >
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Received on Sun Mar 05 2000 - 15:08:11 CST