Re: What (cheap) version of linux runs 10G?

I was pleased to see Mr Rogers back on the web. The install doc is actually good read as well!

Thanks for the 10G on Red Hat 9.0 link. I think that this is the direction I will head in.

Thanks everyone that posted.

Andy Hassall <andy_at_andyh.co.uk> wrote in message news:<j8nn30hahnoiq8vbfnn50b9vq93hdt06g1_at_4ax.com>...
> On 23 Feb 2004 16:56:39 -0800, mathewbutler_at_yahoo.com (Matt) wrote:
>
> >Metalink says:
> >
> >"Red Hat Linux AS 2.1/3.0"
> >
> >The cheapest this gets is approx 1500 Australian dollars.
> >
> >Has anyone managed to get this running (at home) with any other versions?
>
> Installed and runs apparently successfully (haven't really pushed it much yet
> though, and it's an unsupported environment so beware and don't run anything
> important on it) with RedHat 9.0 downloaded from redhat.com recently. The
> following are good guides:
>
> http://www.dizwell.com/oracle_on_redhat9.htm
> (from Howard Rogers - although it is geared towards 9i it is still almost all
> applicable to 10g)
>
> and
>
> http://www.puschitz.com/InstallingOracle10g.shtml
> (specifically for 10g on Redhat)
>
> FWIW I didn't do the glibc downgrade suggested; it's needed for a clean
> install of 9i but seemingly not for 10g. YMMV.
>
> Of particular importance for an unsupported distribution of Linux is the
> '-ignoresysprereqs' parameter for the installer (but also search around for the
> other alternative which involves editing a configuration file for the
> installer).
Received on Fri Feb 27 2004 - 04:46:34 CST