Re: Installer on 8.1.5, Character interface is gone??

Mike,

  No matter what the docs say, you need to have some implementation of X installed, or at least in passive mode, before using the silent install. We use Exceed in passive mode, and use NetTerm as the terminal interface - works great.

Walt Livingston
Oracle Technical Support
DoD

"Mike Donnelly" <mpdsville_at_earthlink.net> wrote in message news:3980EFE9.33F29F19_at_earthlink.net...
> I'd really appreciate sone guidance here folks..
>
> The release notes/ install guide state that the character
> interface is toast. They further state that
> runInstaller -silent -file response_file.rsp
> should be used when no graphics is available.
>
> Well, no matter what i try, the runInstaller
> command bails out, Wailing about not opening
> the display. DUH! I dont have one.(remote install
> across a WAN, CD copied to local disk on target
> system, X11 blocked by firewall).
>
> Has anyone used the -silent switch successfully,
> and if they did, HOW'd YA DO IT? Im stumped,
> and have a project stalled until i resolve this.
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> Mike Donnelly
> Sr Unix Systems Admin,
> just enough DBA knowledge to be dangerous.
Received on Mon Jul 31 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT