Re: Oracle 9i on Windows Server 2003 64 bit

From: Howard J. Rogers <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 18:37:47 +1000
Message-ID: <3f6034ce$0$22463$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>

Cris Carampa wrote:

> Howard J. Rogers wrote:
>

>> For some regulars here, this will be me merely banging the same old drum,
>> but it's times like these you really might want to investigate Vmware. It
>> would allow you to create a complete virtual PC within the physical
>> confines of your Itanium box... and you could stick any old operating
>> system in there, and run boring old 32-bit Oracle on it to boot.

>
> Sorry to contradict you Howard, but... this is from http://www.vmware.com:
>
> Note: VMware Workstation 4 is supported only on host processors and host
> operating systems running in 32-bit mode; processors and operating
> systems running in 64-bit mode are not supported.
>

No contradiction. I said it could be done, not that it was supported. (Recall that the Itanium can emulate 32-bit mode operation for legacy applications, which is what VMware becomes).

I realise there's a difference.

And that I should have made it more clear.

So thanks.
Regards
HJR Received on Thu Sep 11 2003 - 03:37:47 CDT