Re: DEC Alpha Install Prob w/7.1.6

In article <41tebh$qof_at_einstein.ghgcorp.com>, daveh_at_ghgcorp.com (David L. Henning) wrote:

> In article <41iqa7$lcf_at_blackice.winternet.com>, lorenzen_at_winternet.com
 (James Lorenzen) says:
> >
> >We are attempting to upgrade from 7.0.16 to 7.1.6 on our DEC Alpha server
> >running OSF/1 2.0.
> >
 [SNIP]
> You never said whether you were rebuilding from source or not. I assume
> not. OSF is pretty picky and usually requires all source (including
> support utilities) to be rebuilt from scatch. It is a 64 bit UNIX and
> not binary compatible with anything. You probably will have to wait
> on Oracle to create you a special version.

We have the 7.1.6 CDROM, but the RDBMS kernal needed to be relinked under OSF/1 3.x. I had tried to relink, but the OSF/1 2.0 prevented me from moving forward. Oh well, I wait for the UNIX Sys Admin to upgrade OSF/1 to 3.2.

Thanks

   James

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