Re: 8.1.7 installation on Sun Solaris from gz file

Hi,

I think this will help.
The file is actually in cpio format.

You have to try this command to get the installable files $ cat 817solaris.cpio.gz | cpio -icd
This will create a directory Disk1 under which runInstaller can be found.. Ensure that enough disk space is there, for Disk1 to get created.

-Krishna

"Kevin Haas" <cpclt_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<_mK77.4123$TM5.473333_at_typhoon.southeast.rr.com>...
> If you don't have a runInstaller something is wrong. You probably made a
> mistake in the cpio command.
>
>
> "Venki Ramachandran" <venkir_at_wacsinc.com> wrote in message
> news:3B5C57A5.1DBDA885_at_wacsinc.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I downloaded the latest 817solaris.cpio.gz file form Oracle 's site. I
> > don't have any previous versions of Oracle on my Unix Sun Solaris 5.8
> > box. First of all 'gunzip' says that it is not in gzip format. I tried
> > 'unzip' and it worked and created the Components dir and the
> > stageInventoryser file. Now what? I do not have any version of
> > runInstaller to install this product. Do I have to get one? I could not
> > find a unix runInstaller under these dirs. There are no documentation to
> > explian this.
> >
> > Iam new to Unix so this might be a simple question. Help!!
> >
> > -VR
> >
Received on Tue Aug 21 2001 - 19:18:46 CDT