Re: Oracle 8.0.5 on RedHat 6.2

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Jim Yaich wrote:

> Does anyone have any pointers on installing 8.0.5 on 6.2?
>
> I installed all of the compat RPMS as recommended.
>
> Should the glibcpatch.sh script be run before any attempt at installation
> from the staging
> location?
>
> If I try to install w/ db objects before the patch then it fails at certain
> points because the
> binaries (sqlplus, svrmgrl) are not compatible. I can patch at that point
> and continue, but
> it eventually fails with a bad username/password when trying to run some
> scripts.
>
> If I install without creating db objects I can get farther but have no clue
> on how to create a database. All of the downloadable docs only refer to the
> graphical DB mgr tool which doesn't appear to exist in the Linux
> distribution. If I rerun the install to create a database it
> goes to the Oracle SW install/remove selection screen but doesn't actually
> try to create a db.
Received on Sun Mar 04 2001 - 17:59:51 CST