Re: How stable is Oracle 8.1.7. SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional

I've run Oracle on linux for about 3 years now, starting with 8.0.5. I now run 9i on Suse 7.2. The OS and Oracle are quite stable, although I would be leery of running a production system on it, unless you have good hardware with failover, RAID, etc. I run it on a cheap clone for learning purposes, and have no issues whatsoever.

If you're not experienced with Linux or Unix, you might find the install of both Oracle and Linux a bit frustrating, especially getting it networked. But it's doable, and you'll learn alot.

I downloaded the 9i software from technet.oracle.com, and it installed with no problems. I loaded each disk image into a separate sub-directory, IIRC.

I have found the following instructions to be very reliable and well-tested for 8i.

http://jordan.fortwayne.com/oracle/

"Lanying & Manfred Chen-Fischer" <manfis_at_t-online.de> wrote in message news:3CA6F273.5080702_at_t-online.de...
> Hello my dear friends,
>
> as an experienced Oracle trainer I want to install an ORACLE 8i
(8.1.7)
> database system on my Linux computer. I'm not fit in Linux, so I
need
> three questions to be answered!
>
> 1. Linux SuSE 7.3. Professional: Is this operating system stable
enough
> to work with Oracle 8i (8.1.7)
>
> 2. Oracle software already downloaded from Technet Oracle: Is this
> software stable?
>
> 3. Is there any reliable procedure (may be with screenshots
included)
> fit enough to be adapted to install Oracle?
>
> I wish you all a happy Easter feast!
>
> With regards
>
> Manfred Fischer
> Achern
>
> Germany
>
Received on Sun Mar 31 2002 - 08:02:43 CST