Re: See an Oracle server from dual boot?

Sorry Leo... perhaps I've mis-understood, but you want to dual boot O/Ses (I thought). That means booting the machine, which means re-starting Oracle each boot. I'm not saying it's not feasible or anything, just that development is probably more robust when tested on something that resembles reality, and a freshly-started Instance isn't necessary a good facsimile of reality.

I suppose what I'm think of, is that it's going to be hard to reliably tune your code when the caches are stone cold after each reboot required to switch O/Ses.

Regards
HJR

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"Leo" <leo_at_antapi.XXX.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks, Howard for your comments.

>

> > The trouble with your solution is that you'll be forever shutting down

so


> > you can reboot into the other O/S -and that means a fresh startup each

>

> What do you mean that I'll be forever shutting down?

>

> My aim is that, if I've done some development from NT (modifying, creating

> tables,

> adding, removing data etc) to this single, shared database, that when

> (perhaps days or weeks later), I'm developing in 2000, I can see those

> changes.

>

> Surely, my described use here, means that I don't need to keep shutting

> down?

>

> Regards

>

> Leo

>

> "Howard J. Rogers" <dba_at_hjrdba.com> wrote in message

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> > At the end of the day, and since your only requirement really is to see

> the

> > same database from both O/Ses, the easiest thing to do would be to

install


> > Oracle twice, once in each O/S, and both into separate directories.  You

> > need then only use oradim under NT to create a service that allows the

> > existing database to be opened.

> >

> > I have a similar sort of need: to have 8i and 9i databases available,

but


> > wanting to share the data between them.  My solution was to purchase a

PC


> > case, resurrect an ancient (!) Celeron 333, and build a separate box for

> the

> > 8i database (it helps if you have an assortment of old RAM and hard

disks


> > scattered at the backs of various cupboards, too).  All I then need to

do


> is

> > to establish database links between the two databases, and everything is

> > fine.

> >

> > The trouble with your solution is that you'll be forever shutting down

so


> > you can reboot into the other O/S -and that means a fresh startup each

> > time... and that means your cache will need to warm up each time.  Not

> sure

> > how reliable a development environment that's going to be.

> >

> > Regards

> > HJR

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> > "Leo" <leo_at_antapi.XXX.com> wrote in message

> > news:a6u7p2$jbh$1_at_news8.svr.pol.co.uk...

> > > Thanks Daniel for your help.

> > >

> > > re: copying the registry entries - are there many?

> > > is that gonnae be a long error-prone process?

> > >

> > > Have you done this before, and did it work successfully?

> > >

> > > Am I REALLY that weird for wanting to be able to do this...

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > "damorgan" <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message

> > > news:3C926DF1.B0FDB08F_at_exesolutions.com...

> > > > Copy the registry entries from one to the other and use oradim to

> mirror

> > > > the services.

> > > >

> > > > Daniel Morgan

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Leo wrote:

> > > >

> > > > > I've got an NT4/Win2000 dual boot machine.

> > > > > There's a shared logical drive.

> > > > >

> > > > > Can I install Oracle server in such a way that the database itself

> > > > > is on the shared drive, and can be seen from both NT4 and 2000?

> > > > >

> > > > > Cheers

> > > > >

> > > > > Leo

> > > >

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

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