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Hi, I hope this is the right ng,
A couple of months ago I received "Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition Release
8.1.5" for Win NT. I am currently running Win NT 4.0 SP3. I have also
received the same product for Linux, however, my concern now is with the
NT install. For various reasons, using this product has only now become
feasible, however i am curious as to whether there are any patches,
service packs, etc that are needed (I have heard, for example, that a
patch is required for the Linux edition if you move to RedHat 6.x, I
assume this relates to the kernel). I will be upgrading to SP5 on the NT
box. Are there any problems here anyone is aware of - at least as they
relate to 8i? My intention here to first install oracle 8i and do some
work with it. However, the longer-term need here is using the SAS/Access
product to work with oracle databases. I have a copy of "Oracle 8i: A
beginner's Guide", and of course, the online docs that came with the CD.
Anyone else done/doing this? Any warnings/horror stories? Apologies for
the rather open-ended nature of this question, but once the new HD is in,
I'm planning to install and see what happens (hey, what's the worst that
can happen? - fdisk the whole thing and start over?) Still, any advice
would be _welcome_. Thanks,