Re: Oracle on Linux, a new bie's question

Glen A Stromquist <glen_stromquist_at_no_spam_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<4vAGc.98514$HS3.42027_at_edtnps84>...
> Prem K Mehrotra wrote:
> > I just installed Red Hat linux 9.0 on my PC. I now want to install
> > Oracle9i.
> > When I read Oracle's documentation on supported Linux - it does not
> > mention
> > Red Hat linux 9.0, it refers to Redhat Advanced Serverand Redhat
> > Enterprise Linux AS 3:
> > he following are the system requirements for this release:
> >
> > *
> >
> > Hardware requirement:
> > o
> >
> > Linux x86
> > *
> >
> > Operating system requirement
> > o
> >
> > SuSE SLES 7, SuSE SLES8, Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1, or
> > Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3
> >
> > Does that mean Oracle9i will not work on Redhat Linux 9.0? As for as I
> > know Redhat Linux
> > Enterprise is not free? Are there any free versions of Linux on which
> > Oracle 9i and 10G are supported?
> >
> > I am hoping I do not have to reinstall Red Hat Linux 9.0
> >
> >
> > Thanks a lot,
>
> It will work fine on RH9 as well as SuSE and Mandrake desktop versions,
> you may want to check out Howards fine site at www.dizwell.com as well
> as the one that Christian suggested for additional instructions.
> If you insist on one of the server versions you can also try SuSE's Sles
> 8 90 day trial version available on the Novell site.
>
> hth

Thanks a lot to all. This is the information I was looking for.

Prem Received on Wed Jul 07 2004 - 07:27:08 CDT