Re: Oracle 8.1.7 release 3 for linux installation disks query

Hi!

I'm a beginner of database and want to install oracle on linux! How to get it? Is it free? If not, how much it costs?

regards,

Laurence

Sam Nelson wrote:

> In article <981066939.179143_at_romulus.infonie.fr>,
> "frank.sara" <frank.sara_at_infonie.fr> writes:
> > If you use the oracle's CD, you get 2 cds because a cd can't hold more than
> > 640 Meg. but the tar file is only one file.
>
> And you get into deep shit when the installer asks for the second CD, because
> at that point you can't unmount the first one because there are live processes
> with files open on it. Of course, you _may_ have copied the entire contents
> of both onto internal disk first...
>
> I ended up creating the database by hand when the dbassist thing hung. Oracle
> support tell me it hangs for a lot of people, but they didn't explain why.
> Then I had to go to Oracle Technical Note 103855.1 to find out how to embed
> the JServer stuff. I _think_ it's working---at least, no-one's come back to
> complain this past fortnight!
> --
> SAm. (Insert bandwidth-wasting disclaimer here)
> Ain't no dark till somethin' shines
  Received on Mon Feb 12 2001 - 22:17:03 CST