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Re: Oracle development versions

From: Howard J. Rogers <hjr_at_dizwell.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 07:50:27 +1000
Message-ID: <412a66a2$0$29950$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>


Kenneth Koenraadt wrote:

> On 23 Aug 2004 05:57:55 -0700, v.oosterbaan_at_chello.nl (SonO) wrote:
> 

>>guiuriarte_at_yahoo.es (Guillermo Uriarte) wrote in message
>>news:<fe26aa89.0408222251.cea867_at_posting.google.com>...
>>> Anybody knows if there is something like the MSDE for the Oracle
>>> database server?
>>>
>>> I want to learn Oracle, but it seems there are at least three CDs to
>>> install and my PC is a bit old.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>Nope, there isn't.
>>
>>Download Oracle 10G - it's only 1 CD.
>>Just sign up (free) and check technet.oracle.com.
>>Loads of information and downloads.
>>Don't forget to RTFM before you start, they made it for a reason ;o)
> 
> 
> Especially, if you are installing it on a workstation running DHCP,
>  the 10g installer will complain that it cannot obtain an IP address.
> Apparently, you can ignore these errors and install successfully
> anyway.


In my experience, you definitely can not ignore those errors, and the installation will be a complete pig if you try.

10g goes utterly beserk on a DHCP machine, and there've been a number of posts to that effect made here over the months.

Oracle itself in its installation guides is abundantly and unambiguously clear on the matter: DHCP is a no-no. They even provide the workaround: go install a loopback adapter and assign a fixed IP address to it. In that way, you can make a DHCP machine *look* as though it has a fixed IP address.

I suppose you could look at that one way and say, "so you *can* install on a DHCP machine". I tend to look at it and say 10g and DHCP just do not get on, and you have to do something to make it appear as if DHCP is not in the picture before you can get anywhere.

Regards
HJR Received on Mon Aug 23 2004 - 16:50:27 CDT

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