Re: 10g dbca fails to start

"David Parker" <frenchchef_remove_at_mac.com> wrote in message news:2004110320223848620%frenchchefremove_at_maccom...
> On 2004-11-02 18:43:10 -0500, "Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> said:
>
>> And DHCP is a total no-no as far as installing Oracle 10g is concerned.
>> It says it in black and white in the installation guide. If you must have
>> DHCP, then install a fixed-IP address loopback adapter to fool Oracle
>> into believing that you don't have DHCP.
>>
>
> Could you give more detail about the loopback?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;839013

Which of course is of no practical use to you, because you're not running Windows XP. However, you might find the technical explanations nevertheless of use and relevance. And then you can take that information to wherever you go in Apple's forums and ask for Apple-specific equivalent information.

Regards
HJR
>
> I've just installed the dev release of 10g on OSX as I'm interested in
> learning Oracle.
>
> I was able to access Oracle using Oracle Enterprise Manager within my
> browser after the install, but now the URL which worked last night is
> getting "Connection refused." The address of this machine is 10.0.1.2.
>
> This would, most likely, explian why during the install, Oracle complained
> about not being able to determine the IP address. It gave me the option of
> choosing a default and I did -- each time.
>
> Does anybody know if there is a released version of Oracle for OS X? I
> believe the 10g is still in beta and just being shown on the Apple/Oracle
> roadshow.
>
> In the generated root.sh, I see that Linux is supported. I may consider
> getting Linux, but prefer to keep it OS X if possible. I'm not interested
> in any release of Windows.
>
> thanks in advance.
>
Received on Wed Nov 03 2004 - 20:16:03 CST