Re: Oracle 8i installation on RedHat 7.1 hangs

From: Nicolas Mailhot <nim_at_olympe.o2t>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 12:12:03 +0100
Message-ID: <pan.2002.01.16.12.12.03.161323.3014@olympe.o2t>

In <cd0c70c3.0201160006.4efd613a_at_posting.google.com>, kannan wrote:

> I am trying to install Oracle 8i release 2 on my Pentium 4
> PC running on RedHat Linux 7.1.
>
> When i launch the runInstaller program, it doesnt do
> anything ... just displays a message saying that its
> launching the installer using the JRE and does nothing.
>
> I am aware that there is a known issue with the JRE
> bundled on Oracle 8i CD and Pentium 4 processor .... i was
> able to bypass the bug on Windows 2000 installation ...
> but what is the solution for linux installation ?

The installation of 8i on RedHat 7.x is well documented on the technet linux forum (it *is* painfull). Basically, apply the RedHat java errata (cf release notes on RedHat CD) and do a couple of other tricks.

It runs well afterwise, though.

-- 
Nicolas

Received on Wed Jan 16 2002 - 05:12:03 CST