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none wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed 10.1.0.3 on linux. What is the conventional location
> to stick the software? On HP I alway put it in /opt/oracle/product...
> but on Linux it seems people put stuff in /var.
>
> So my question is: Is there a convention agreed upon for where to place
> the Oracle software on Linux?
>
> Related - On linux dbhome, dbshut, dbstart look in
> /var/opt/oracle/oratab for the oratab, but the oratab is created in the
> standard /etc/oratab.
>
> question: How are people addressing this? Are you editing the
> dbshut/start to look in /etc/oratab, or are you: ln -s
> /var/opt/oracle/oratab /etc/oratab, or solving this in some other manner?
>
> Thank you in advance
> Jay
OFA. http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14117_01/server.101/b10742/install.htm#sthref91
-- Daniel A. Morgan http://www.psoug.org damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)Received on Thu Jun 02 2005 - 18:34:48 CDT