Re: Installing 9i on Linux

Hi Jay,

That document is good, and should be compulsory reading (it would have made life much easier). I have to say, though, that there's a lot of stuff in there which I didn't do, and mine still works OK... so I'd say theirs is a bullet-proof solution, but there are belt-and-braces options for us Linux-newbies!

I'll be doing a re-installation next week, and intend to take screenshots, and to document the process as fully as I can from a Windows User's perspective. Shouldn't be too hard. It'll be on my web site when I'm done.

Regards
HJR "Jay S. Hred" <jayshred_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:6df8fe11.0109031200.4877b994_at_posting.google.com...
> Hello! There is an article on installing Oracle9i on Linux (SuSE)
> published at http://www.sdoug.org/. Look at the second entry in the
> right frame. There is a link there to the actual article.
>
> Does anyone have any plans for posting screen shots of the
> installation process?
>
>
> "Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr_at_www.com> wrote in message
news:<3b935d81_at_news.iprimus.com.au>...
> > Hi Samuel,
> >
> > Thanks for the post. I absolutely agree with you that my Linux skills
are
> > pathetic, and that I should invest some time in developing
> > them -unfortunately,
> > I have to teach the 9i New Features course in 4 weeks' time, so time is
of
> > the
> > essence, and that particular luxury will have to wait! Given that I'm
> > teaching
> > Oracle, not Linux, I reckoned that if anything could be done to get me
over
> > the
> > initial humps, it would help (after all, we teach all our courses on
> > Solaris, so
> > I'm not a complete Unix neophyte).
> >
> > Actually, as you may have seen, the thing is now up and running. The
> > killers for me were: what is the password of the "oracle" user that SuSe
so
> > kindly creates for you? That was fixed with Dave's help: "passwd
oracle"
> > lets me set it anything I like.
> >
> > Creating a .bashrc to get the PATH and other environment variables
defined
> > on
> > logon was new to me, but I knew something like it needed to be done.
> >
> > And there are only two kernel parameters that needed to be changed (this
was
> > a
> > fresh Linux installation out of the box), and the Oracle doco is quite
good
> > on
> > explaining how to do that.
> >
> > Fiddling around with /etc/group and so on is something I demo on the DBA
> > course
> > to set up O/S authentication, so that was no particular drama, either.
> >
> > Wierdly, I didn't need to configure any additional swap partitions (but
> > then,
> > when I installed Linux, I gave it my entire 60Gb hard disk to use, so
maybe
> > that
> > averted the problem).
> >
> > I'm going to do it all again next week, from scratch, documenting it
with
> > copious screenshots, because it really wasn't that hard in the end, and
> > wading
> > through the Oracle Documentation makes it look much worse than it
actually
> > is.
> > Until we are all Linux experts, I think there's a need for idiots
guides!
> >
> > Anyway: thanks again for the post. Take care.
> > HJR
> >
> > "Samuel H Roseman" <calliesam_at_ev1.net> wrote in message
> > news:3B9306CE.624BE9D3_at_ev1.net...
> > > "Howard J. Rogers" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Being a simple-minded Windows user, I'm having great O/S difficulty
> > trying
> > > > to follow the Oracle guide to installing 9i on Linux.
> > > >
> > > > Basically, I fall at the first hurdle: "Steps to Perform as the Root
> > User -
> > > > Create Mount Points". And then it goes downhill thereafter.
> > > >
> > > > I know the basic mount command, but if I try "mount /u01
> > /some_directory",
> > > > it doesn't work, so the subtleties of its syntax must be escaping
me.
> > Any
> > > > suggestions for how to get this working, and what my mount point
should
> > > > actually reference?
> > > >
> > > > There's also the slight problem of creating the Oracle User...
first, it
> > > > appears to exist already, right after a fresh SuSe 7.1 installation,
> > which
> > > > surprised me somewhat... but if I delete that, then use useradd -g
> > dba -p
> > > > password oracle, I can't log in as "oracle". Again, am I missing
> > something
> > > > (well, clearly I am, but you know what I mean).
> > > >
> > > > Any help from someone who's pulled this installation off would be
> > enormously
> > > > appreciated. And whilst I can muddle my way around Linux, "muddle"
is
> > the
> > > > operative word, so think "Windows User" when posting any advice.
> > > >
> > > > If all else fails, I shall be lugging my PC back into the office on
> > Tuesday,
> > > > and the Oracle Unix gurus can deal with it then... but I hate to
admit
> > > > defeat quite so early on in the piece.
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > HJR
> > >
> > > In all honesty, I believe you need to be more familiar with Linux or
Unix
> > in
> > > general.
> > > The instructions mention changing semaphore value in the /proc
filesystem.
> > > It mention creating various groups (oinstall, and can't remember the
> > others).
> > > It also mentions something about oratab in /etc.
> > > In addition, you may need to create additional swap partitions for the
> > install.
> > >
> > > I ended up creating 4 additional swap partitions for a total of 5.
> > > I saw where someone believe this is due to a memory leak.
> > > In summary, if you are not remotely familiar with...
> > > 1. /proc
> > > 2. /etc and the configuration files therein (services, inittab,
etc.).
> > > 3. /etc/init.d startup and shutdown scripts
> > > 4. Basic Linux commands such as mount, umount, cd, grep, locate,
mkdir,
> > rm,
> > > etc.
> > > ...you will most like run into a road block.
> > >
> > > Take the time to learn a little Unix/Linux. It won't be too painful.
> > >
> > > Sam
> > >
> > > P.S.
> > > I've got 9.0.1 running on my desktop.
> > >
Received on Mon Sep 03 2001 - 20:09:48 CDT