Re: Oracle9i/Liuvx9.0 Install Problem

"Mark Bole" <makbo_at_pacbell.net> wrote in message news:xIgWb.22437$eW4.644_at_newssvr27.news.prodigy.com...
> DJ wrote:
>
> > "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
> > news:1076450841.635012_at_yasure...
> >
> >>Tom Jones wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I am installing oracle9i on redhat 9.0 ... I do not run the runInstall
> >>>program directly from the cdrom ... I switched the display settings
down
> >
> [...]
> >>
> >>This is UNIX. Open a termial window and run the installer as appropriate
> >>for the environment.
> >>
> >>./runInstaller &
> >>
> >>--
> >>Daniel Morgan
> [...]
> > good advice, but go to www.dizwell.com and download the white paper.
> >
> > You need to set LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1 for it to work
> >
> > (may be wrong on the exact name - its from memory
> >
> > Dave
> >
>
> Following Dan's comment, first try the command "xterm" from a terminal
> window. If a new command (terminal) window doesn't open up on your
> desktop within a few seconds, then your X-windows configuration needs
> help -- check the DISPLAY variable, for example.
>
> On a related note, I had the darndest experience recently. I got the CD
> media pack directly from Oracle for version 9.2 for Linux 32-bit (we're
> running some kind of Red Hat Advanced Server 2.x, don't have the version
> handy).
>
> I set all the kernel params, etc, strictly from Oracle's doc and release
> notes. I have installed Oracle under Solaris, HP-UX, and Windows so I
> have some idea what a good install looks like. But the install failed
> repeatedly after hundreds of MB's were extracted, it basically got to a
> certain JAR file in the install sequence and suddenly got "IOexception2"
> errors, also bad CRC's for extracting from the jar file. I could re-try
> and make the same error happen, although in several complete install
> attempts it was with different files on the CD-ROM.
>
> Copied the entire 3 CD-ROM's to disk and had the same experience...
>
> Bottom line, I downloaded the *exact* same base version (9.2.0.1) from
> Oracle and it worked like a charm. I even went so far as to verify file
> sizes and timestamps and they matched (but I didn't verify the file
> contents...)
>
> Sounds like maybe just bad media. But still very strange. I can only
> think of one other situation in many years where CD-ROM media I obtained
> directly from the vendor (Microsoft) had physical problems...
>
> So, moral is, download the latest from the OTN if you are able to...and
> try that.
>
> --Mark Bole.
>
>

he had the gui up - the problem is with setting that variable Received on Wed Feb 11 2004 - 14:43:53 CST