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Re: Any Oracle9i Enterprise Edition success?

From: John Darrah <john.darrah_at_usa.net>
Date: 12 Jun 2001 05:58:18 -0700
Message-ID: <4af5a619.0106120458.e015868@posting.google.com>

"Mike" <ihatespam_at_ihatespam.com> wrote in message news:<I3cV6.4622$Il5.578434_at_newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>...
> I've downloaded Oracle9i Enterprise Edition for Solaris, and here's what
> I've experienced:
>
> - 3 CDs are required. I NFS-shared them so that they're accessible from the
> database server.
> - The database server is an antique Sparc Ultra-1.
> - It takes over 3 hours (!) to install the software. If I had a more modern
> machine, things would be easier.
> - The installer croaked while linking the "oracle" executable. After some
> digging, I found that more swap space was required. Not a problem.
> - Got all the software running OK. Went to SQL*Plus and did a connect as
> sysdba. (Yes, INTERNAL has finally been put out of its misery). A STARTUP
> NOMOUNT results in hang.
> - Investigating (with "truss"), I found a single background process in what
> appeared to be a perma wait state. I don't remember all the gory details at
> this time, but yes I can reproduce the error.
>
> Yes, I know that folks on the bleeding edge sometimes get cut...and I
> shouldn't be surprised with version 9.0.1. Has anyone out there got 9iEE up
> & running?
>
> -Mike
> (to reply: longtermmemoryloss at hotmail dot com)

I installed 9i on a sun x1 machine and it seems to be working ok. I have not experienced any hanging. Received on Tue Jun 12 2001 - 07:58:18 CDT

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