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Re: runInstaller for Oracle 9.2.0.1 on Solaris doesn't start...

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 22:42:25 -0700
Message-ID: <1062654123.152677@yasure>


Sybrand Bakker wrote:

>On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 20:52:55 GMT, Haral Tsitsivas <haral_at_unisol.com>
>wrote:
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>>What does the installation hang there?
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>Several reasons:
>1 - Your system doesnt' comply with the memory requirements specified.
>You need 512M minimum. If you don't have 512M you probably need to add
>extra swap space, otherwise the installer will page forever (which is
>quite likely what is happening there. Run a truss -p on that process
>and you see what it is really doing
>2 Your /tmp device is not big enough
>3 You didn't setup X correctly
>
>
>Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
>
>To reply remove -verwijderdit from my e-mail address
>
>

And in addition to Sybrand's list:

Did you read and follow the pre-installation instructions creating OINSTALL and DBA groups? The Oracle user? Grant the correct permissions? Modify kernel settings and reboot so they would take effect?

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Received on Thu Sep 04 2003 - 00:42:25 CDT

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