Re: Install Oracle 8i Solaris 2.6

Hi,

pmk_at_mesasys.com wrote:
>
> I have an Ultra Enterprise 2 - single cpu - 512Mb RAM 9Gb hard drive
> Trying to install Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition - walks me through right
> to the point of install - then it comes back with a screen which says
> The system does not meet the following requirements for installing
> Oracle8i Enterprise Edition
> -The system requires 128Mb RAM
> Please correct this and restart the installation
> My swap space is as follows and I have 512Mb RAM
> #swap -l
> swapfile dev swaplo blocks free
> /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1 32,1 16 308800 281200
> /export/home/moreswap - 16 716784 684112
> #
> Any and all help will be appreciated

Although it is some months ago, when I installed my last 8i on Solaris, I remember that it was absolutely necessary to set the kernel parameters SHM??? and SEM??? in /etc/system according to the Oracle documentation. Without doing this Oracle won't start.

Uwe

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