Re: Problem In oracle8i installation

Thanx HJR.

yes i have not set any kernel parameters except for the one i have mentioned. so could u plz help me on what else i need to set. also plz mention what i hav to do to with my distribution. I downloaded this package from the oracle site on the net.

Actually need to use oracle 8i coz we already hav a production databsae running on oracle 8, and need to develop some programms using OCI. Thanx again HJR.

"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message news:<40a0c663$0$4548$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au>...
> Saket wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I downloaded Oracle8i from oracle site and tried to install it on
> > linux.
> >
> > did the following as preconfiguration steps: -
> >
> > created users oinstall and oracle.
> >
> > created groups oinstall, odba, osdba and osoper.
> >
> > created four directories for OFA config namely /u01, /u02, /u03, /u04
> >
> > connected as root and gave the following command xhost +
> >
> > connected as oracle user and set variables like PATH, DISPLAY,
> > ORACLE_BASE, ORACLE_HOME, LD_ASSUME_KERNEL.
> >
> > after doin all this when we run ./runinstaller it
> >
> > does not gives an error, but just shows a grey coloured rectengular
> > box. and does not opes Oracle Universal Installer.
> >
> > I can't understand what the problem is.
> >
> > Plz help me on this. any suggestion will be highly appreciated.
>
>
> Well, I'd leap to the conclusion it was the Pentium 4 bug (which you can
> search for on Google) except that I don't remember if that bug ever
> affected the Linux product line (it did on the Windows one, big time).
>
> It could also be your kernel parameters, because you don't mention
> setting those.
>
> And it could be your distribution, because you don't mention that either.
>
> But is there any particular reason you're installing 8i?
>
> 9i is better. 10g is also now out, though a bit on the bleeding edge for
> some.
>
> And installation instructions for 9i and 10g on Linux can be a lot
> simpler than the official docs make out, as you can see at
> www.dizwell.com. Actually, from memory, if you follow those dizwell
> instructions they will mostly work for 8i too.
>
> Regards
> HJR
Received on Wed May 12 2004 - 00:17:53 CDT