Re: Installation Questions

You should be capable of installing both server and client on one system, provided you have sufficient resources (disk, memory) I am under the impression Oracle hesitates to produce new versions for Solaris x86, but then again it looks like Solaris x86 is a niche like Mac and Novell

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

"Mark Riehl" <mriehl_at_home.com> wrote in message news:cvm46.92302$w35.16166556_at_news1.rdc1.nj.home.com...
> All,
>
> I'm trying to install Oracle 8.1.6 on Solaris x86 8.0. The Enterprise
> Edition CD came with my Solaris 8.0 distribution. I'm new to Oracle, so
> sorry if these are Oracle 101 questions.
>
> I've got one machine here to do my development work. Doing some reading
 in
> an O'Reilly book, it said that the Personal Edition allows development
> activities on a single machine.
>
> The reason I ask is that during the installation, I have the following
 three
> options:
>
> 1. Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition
> 2. Oracle 8i Management Infrastructure
> 3. Oracle 8i Client
>
> I need the precompilers, and they're listed as part of the client install.
>
> Can I install the precompilers and work on one machine (client/server app)
> if I install the Enterprise Edition? Or, will I need another machine to
 run
> as a client while a second machine runs only as a server?
>
> Based on the downloads, it appears that the x86 version of Solaris isn't
 as
> widely supported as some of the other platforms. Is this correct?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
>
Received on Tue Jan 02 2001 - 13:23:30 CST