Re: RunInstaller problem for Oracle 9.2.0.2 under SuSe Linux 8.0 pro

From: Holger Baer <holger.baer_at_science-computing.de>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 08:30:27 +0100
Message-ID: <3E7EB413.6030507@science-computing.de>

Jaap W. van Dijk wrote:
> Oracle 9.2.0.2 under SuSe Linux 8.0 professional:
>
> When I start runInstaller I get the message:
>
> "./runInstaller : ./runInstaller : cannot execute binary file."
>
> I checked /var/log/messages and there I found (twice):
>
> "modprobe: modprobe: can't locate module binfmt-646c"
>
> I have performed all the pre-installation actions as described in the
> Installation Guide and expanding my memory to 512MB.
>
> I checked /etc/modules.conf and there were a few aliases of the form
> binfmt-nnn which all pointed to the same module. I added my
> binfmt-464c and tried again. I still get the same response, but the
> logging in /var/log/messages is gone.
>
> I'm stuck. Can anybody enlighten me?
>
> Jaap.

Is the cdrom by any chance mounted with the noexec option (check /etc/fstab)?

I've been hit by this just a few days ago (alas not with Suse 8.0, though).

HTH Holger Received on Mon Mar 24 2003 - 01:30:27 CST