Re: Installing Oracle on uncertified Linux, like Debian, Download Red Hat, Gentoo ?

Good evening, Norman !

[userxy_at_redtux userxy]$ more .bashrc
# .bashrc

# User specific aliases and functions

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then

         . /etc/bashrc
fi
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2re1.4.1_01/bin/ [userxy_at_redtux userxy]$

Thats the trick, how to get java 1.4 running on Linux after installing it with rpm -i .....

Oracle seems to be independent from the kernel version, because of /boot/System.map, where all functions for glibc are mapped. More important are perhaps some oracle patches, which seem to be included in redhat 8.0, because it runs stable. Maybe, oracle has inlined those routines into the binary.
Most important seems to be kernel tuning. Shared memory for better communication between client and server, file-max for more filehandles , and perhaps nr-max (number of childs per process) has to be set with sysctl or echo "11111" > /proc/sys/fs/file-max ...

Any complete list of tuning parameters out there ?

Seems, that some Linux distributions have theses parameters compiled into the kernel. Funny, that only NT Datacenter is unlimited, all other NT versions are cut-down, like NT Server to 1500 file-handles, NT Workstation to 150 and 5 network-handles. Even Sun Solaris untuned is limited to about 1500 file-handles.

Any registry patches out there to make NT Workstation unlimited ?

regards, Guido Stepken

Norman Dunbar wrote:
> Morning Guido,
>
> I've just installed Oracle 9i release 2 Enterprise Edition on Mandrake
> 9.0.
> Standard Kernel - can't remember what version off hand as I have to use
> Windows at work.
> Standard GCC and GLIBC etc.
>
> All I had to do was set some parameters for kernel in
> /proc/sys/kernel/sem and /proc/sys/fs/file-max and
> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/some_file_or_other and set this up in /etc/rc.local
> to be done every reboot.
>
> I didn't have to install any Java run times - I just let the installer
> use the versions it had on the Oracle Cds.
>
> Easy peasy.
>
> Cheers,
> Norman.
>
> -------------------------------------
> Norman Dunbar
> Database/Unix administrator
> Lynx Financial Systems Ltd.
> mailto:Norman.Dunbar_at_LFS.co.uk
> Tel: 0113 289 6265
> Fax: 0113 289 3146
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> -------------------------------------
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guido Stepken [mailto:stepken_at_little-idiot.de]
> Posted At: Saturday, March 22, 2003 1:26 PM
> Posted To: server
> Conversation: Installing Oracle on uncertified Linux, like Debian,
> Download RedHat, Gentoo ?
> Subject: Q: Installing Oracle on uncertified Linux, like Debian,
> Download RedHat, Gentoo ?
>
>
> Hi out there !
>
> I am still wondering, why the heck oracle 8i/9i shouldn't run on any
> Linux, preferably Debian, Gentoo, RedHat 8.0 download edition ?
>
> <SNIP>
>
>
Received on Tue Mar 25 2003 - 02:52:18 CST