Re: Oracle on a Dell/Linux platform - any opinions?

From: Howard J. Rogers <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:36:52 +1100
Message-ID: <pan.2003.03.11.05.36.50.429157@yahoo.com.au>

On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 21:02:58 +0000, Rauf Sarwar wrote:

> "Richard" <qaz1521_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<b4j3pl$1pa$1$8300dec7_at_news.demon.co.uk>...

>> Frank,
>>
>> Many thanks for your response.
>>
>> I have a very limited knowledge of Linux so I may well be wrong but I
>> thought Oracle was only certified on Red Hat 7.1 and Advanced Server 2.1.
>> Is there a problem running 7.1 on Dell servers?
>>
>> Regards,
>>

> 
> 
> I recently installed Oracle 9i R2 on RH7.3 without any problems.
> Oracle's official certification means that if you ever call them for
> support with database running on a non-certified platform, they will
> just hang up on you.
> 
> Regards
> /Rauf Sarwar

Agreed. I am pleased to report 9iR2 roaring along on both Madrake 9 and Red Hat 8.0 here. But I wouldn't even dream of ringing up Oracle support for so much as a piece of toast.

That's what newsgroups are for!

Regards
HJR Received on Mon Mar 10 2003 - 23:36:52 CST