Re: Oracle development versions

Kenneth Koenraadt wrote in message news:<412a1b6c.2197375_at_news.inet.tele.dk>...
> 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.
>
> - Kenneth Koenraadt

I don't know about other systems, but on Linux 10g installs a daemon which contacts Oracle once an hour for some unknown purpose. It's quite possible that installer needs IP address to configure that daemon.

If you want to remove daemon, you need to remove a line in /etc/inittab and a link in /etc/rc.d/rc5.d (Red Hat info, on other systems might be different). Better yet, make a copy of /etc/inittab before installing 10g. Received on Mon Aug 23 2004 - 16:53:51 CDT