there is an oracle 8.0.5 installation guide at
http://jordan.fortwayne.com/oracle/rh6x.html
hth
bonn
Peter <peter_at_thebabystore.com> wrote in message
news:89tuut$827$1_at_nntp5.atl.mindspring.net...
> The Linux Oracle Install -- what a beast !!
>
> I just received my Linux install CD's from technet Thursday.
> Oracle on NT installs really easy & quick. The install of
> Linux was so cool- i was thoroughly impressed !!!
>
> The Oracle for Linux install is just aweful! Even when i went to
> technet and read the install update notes. Its says that this
> doesnt work and that doesnt work and that i'll have to go to some
> other site to get this jre version and then over to redhat for
> another download...
>
> All i've got is Redhat 6.1 straight out of the box and i've got
> to do all these other things... which i did and i'm still having
> linking problems. There's all these other sites on the net from
> people who've managed to get it to work and they've posted the
> various work arounds they've discovered....
>
> EVERY DAY i read the newsgroups and see postings where people
> are having Linux install problems.
>
> This is NOT the way that a company as large as Oracle should
> be releasing software. This is ridiculous !!!
>
> Its just so disappointing that Oracle has done this. I really
> feel they've dropped the ball with respects to the Linux install
> CD's !!!!
>
> Oracle was even offering a promo deal directly from the RedHat
> corporate site...
>
> and from what i've read... Linux development at Oracle is even done
> using RedHat... but you can't even give us a CD set that works
> without having me go thru all this crap ???
>
> So.... Hey Oracle... the Oracle RDBMS on Linux can be a really great
> thing... Get your act together !!!!
>
>
>
> Allen Hayden
> Senior Partner
> Hayden Worthington, Inc.
>
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> Kurt Fitzner wrote in message <89pl7t$283$1_at_burn.ab.videon.ca>...
> >I am having a rather frustrating time getting 8.1.5i installed on Linux.
> >The dbassist program won't run for me. I get the warning that everyone
> >mentions "JNLS Exception...Unable to find any National Character Sets".
> >The FAQ, and all sorts of other postings, say to ignore the error. I
have
> >no choice but to ignore it, since after I get the error, nothing else
> >happens.
> >
> >The above error comes up on a message box. As soon as I click 'OK', the
> >following appears on the terminal used to run dbassist:
> >
> > java.lang.NumberFormatException:
> > at java.lang.Long.parseLong(Long.java)
> > at java.lang.Long.parseLong(Long.java)
> > at WizOSD.DBQueryAvailableRAM(WizOSD.java:296)
> > at CheckerClass.CheckAvailableRAM(CheckerClass.java:496)
> > at CheckerClass.DetectAll(CheckerClass.java:63)
> > at DBConfigInfo_base.<init>(DBConfigInfo_base.java:901)
> > at DBConfigInfo.<init>(DBConfigInfo.java:44)
> > at DBCreateWizard.<init>(DBCreateWizard.java:421)
> > at DBCreateWizard.main(DBCreateWizard.java:1082)
> >
> >After that appears, it just hangs. Sits there. No return to the
> >command prompt, no further windows open, no CPU usage, no disk activity.
> >
> >Is there some Java setting to have it continue after exceptions? If so,
> >I'd sure appreciate any feedback.
> >
> > Kurt.
> >
>
>
Received on Tue Mar 07 2000 - 00:00:00 CST
