Re: Oracle 9iAS + Redhat 9.0

Ok, so I'll downgrade to Redhat 8, or get Redhat Advanced Server then.

Does anyone know how many errors there are on either of these OS'? I'd like to have a nice smooth, simple installation.

Regards,
Bryan

"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:y7Fwa.34628$1s1.503717_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
>
> "Bryan Kyle" <no_at_spam.com> wrote in message
> news:Hvwwa.1415$MW.135008_at_localhost...
> > Hi All;
> >
> > I'm having some difficulty installing Oracle 9iAS on Redhat 9.0. When
> > installing it gets through copying but it gives me errors when linking.
> > I've tried ignoring them (which is what I did for Oracle 9.2.0.1 and it
> > worked), but it doesn't work.
> >
> > Does anyone have any helpful hints on this?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Bryan Kyle
> >
> >
>
> Er, it only "works" when you click ignore because you're not using that
> particular piece of functionality. For example, the CTX... module fails to
> compile in Red Hat 8.0 at the 86% install mark. Yes, you can click ignore,
> and create a database and get everything "to work"... just don't try to
use
> Oracle Text functionality afterwards, though! (Fortunately, there's a fix
> for this one in RH8).
>
> In short, clicking 'ignore' doesn't make everything 'work', but means
you've
> got a problem installing this particular application onto this particular
> O/S.
>
> And Red Hat 9.0 is apparently an absolute doozy at breaking compatibility
> with a swarm of applications out there, Oracle just being one of them.
>
> Now there have been a lot of posts here in the last five or so weeks about
> how a 9i installation actually can be pulled off on a RH9 O/S base, but it
> sounded to me like complete mayhem, and nobody was being particularly
> definitive about it. So the net result is, Oracle 9i doesn't actually work
> on RH9. And as for 9iAS, forget it: that product is an absolute bugger to
> install at the best of times, and I really wouldn't want to be monkeying
> around with trying to 'patch' it up, 'fix' it up, or clicking ignore at a
> rate of knots either.
>
> I know it's not what you want to hear, but you'll have better results with
> RH8.0, and if this is anything like a production system, you absolutely
have
> to be doing it on Advanced Server and bugger all else, because nothing
else
> is even remotely certified for support, yet.
>
> Regards
> HJR
>
>
Received on Thu May 15 2003 - 11:01:51 CDT