Re: (Oracle8i or Oracle9i) + RH 7.3: does it work?

I think that everyone has had trouble installing 8i on RH linux (the installer not starting is a very common problem). I tried to install it on RH 7.0, but I gave up after finding out that you have to tweak your kernel bigtime and install compatibility gcc libraries. It is doable, because many people have 8i running on RH, but I don't recommend it if you can get 9i.

I just installed the 9i client on RH 7.3 without a hitch. (no installer-not-starting error) It works great. I assume that the database install will be just as easy since it's all the same install. program. However, you will probably still want to tweak your kernel to get best performance, and searching on the net for red hat 7.3 oracle 9i should bring up tons of information to do that. Oracle and Redhat seem to be in some sort of partnership now, so you might find relevent info at each of their sites.

cheers,

Anthony

Stuart Blake Tener wrote:
> Oracle DBAs/Linux Sys Admins:
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> I am curious if anyone has had any trouble installing Oracle 8i under RedHat
> Linux version 7.3?
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> I tried to do it, but the installer never started. I am curious if anyone
> else has noticed this problem at all?
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> Stuart
> Beverly Hills, CA
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Received on Tue Jul 16 2002 - 14:11:05 CDT