Re: 9.0.1 install on Linux, runInstaller starts, and then stops, no error messages...

cayenne wrote:
> HI all,
>
> I've been tossed an Oracle 7.3.4 database I have to manage...I have
> the Oracle 10G client that installed on my Gentoo Linux box with no
> problem. Trouble is, this client is too new to connect to the old
> database.
>
> I've found that the last version of the Oracle client I can connect
> with is the 9.0.1 release. A long time back...I was able with some
> playing around to get this client installed on another box....but, I
> can remember what it was I had to do or the site that helped me.
>
> I've copied all the Disk files to the HD. I run Disk1/runInstaller.
>
> It tells me : Initializing Java Virtual Machine from
> /tmp/OraInstall/jre/bin/jre Please wait....
>
> And then it quits, and does nothing. I looked in the file:
> /tmp/OraInstall/jre/bin/jre and it is empty. I looked, and my
> JAVA_HOME = /opt/blackdown-jkd-1.4.1
>
> I'm only wanting to install the client, not the database...
>
> I've tried linking the /tmp/OraInstall/jre ->
> /opt/blackdown-jkd-1.4.1/jre thinking it was having problems finding
> the jre. When I did this...it didn't say it was initializing the Java
> Virtual machine...just did nothing, and returned the command prompt.
>
> I thought I remember last time, going into one of the Disk1 files, and
> changing something simple and it fired right up...but, don't remember
> what nor where I saw what to do....
>
> Anyone out there with some suggestions?
>
> TIA
>
> chilecayenne

enough space in /tmp ?

if not you can define TMP or TMPDIR to point to someplace with enough room

just a guess

I would not define JAVA_HOME, since the installer comes with its own version Received on Fri Dec 03 2004 - 11:11:41 CST