Re: Oracle 9i R2 and Red Hat 9 Linux x86

Frank <fbortel_at_home.nl> writes:

> Phil Britton wrote:
>
> > "Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> writes:
> >
> >>"Carl" <carl_theblue_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >>news:b7f9cffb.0311111730.2affd6f7_at_posting.google.com...
> >>
> >>>Hi Phil,
> >>>
> >>>Thanks for you help ,
> >>>About question no 2 , I bought red had linux 9 unleashed book and it
> >>>comes with 2 CDs of linux , the book does not mention the type ( ie
> >>>prof, AS ,ES and WS ) of linux are on the CDs ,
> >>>So that is why I dont know what type of Linux I have , I thought there
> >>>might me a way to find out.
> >>
> >>If it's supplied free with a book, then it's just boring old 'workstation'
> >>Red Hat 9, not an 'enterprise' or 'advanced server' version (since they cost
> >>huge amounts of cash). It's the same version as you can/could download for
> >>free from redhat.com.
> >>
> >>Oracle will still run on it, with a bit of arm-twisting. See www.dizwell.com
> >>for info on how.
> >>
> > If it's only on two CDs it doesn't sound like it's full distribution
> > of RH9. That normally comes on three CDs. Which means that there could
> > be some important stuff missing. The cheapest way to get a full distro
> > on 3CDs is to get Pink Tie Linux.
>
> What about a download? Google for "Red Hat iso"

Fine if you've got a broadband connection, not so fine of you're on a dial-up.
A couple of pounds for pink tie beats waiting a week for three ISOs to download :-)

cheers

Phil Received on Thu Nov 13 2003 - 03:14:02 CST