Re: Oracle 9i / Linux install Help Please

"Steven Webb" <Swebb999_at_btopenworld.com> wrote in message news:<ac99r5$f87$1_at_paris.btinternet.com>...
> I've been looking into it a bit more and noticed the install wasn't creating
> a tnsnames files !!!! Im not an oracle guru so not a clue why this maybe.
> Anyway I editted my .bash_profile and set the TNS variable to point to the
> /opt/oracle/product/9.0.1/network/admin directory and everything went fine
> in the install !!! I also noticed that the tnsnames file was there. I now
> need to check out why after install the listener seems to give me errors.
> Now I know a little more I can check the details in the config files till I
> get it right.
>
> As for my box its got 640mg memory and 1.2gig swap. I tried suse on it and
> oracle installed fine apart from some apache issues, but in the end I just
> found SUSE and bit of a pain because all of the software on the web comes in
> rpm's for redhat and I got fed up of compiling stuff for suse.
>
> --
>
> "Pete Sharman" <peter.sharman_at_oracle.com> wrote in message
> news:ac8uem02v52_at_drn.newsguy.com...
> > In article <3ce7dda2$1_19_at_news.onlynews.com>, "Jon says...
> > >
> > >8i asks you if you want to run the 'optional' utlities during the
> > >installation. DON'T! Run them by hand after the install works
> > >It seems tbe universal installer is not very good at spawning other java
> > >apps and it hangs a lot in attempting to run dbca while universal
 installer
> > >is already running.
> > >
> > >You could use suse 7.x, and oracle 9i. Suse Linux is Oracle's supported
> > >platform for 9i. (I guess they are mad at RedHat- who knows) Suse has an
> > >excellent oracle guide (http://www.suse.com/us/support/oracle/index.html)
> > >that walks you through the users/groups/directories/ etc. No hunting
 around
> > >on the web -it's all right there.
> > >
> > >If you do go to 9i, it asks if you want to create a database during the
> > >install - DON'T! Same problem as above...
> > >
> > >
> > >JON
> > >
> >
> > Must be a configuration issue. I've run the DBCA from the installer with
 every
> > install since 9.0 release 10 (alpha code) and not had any problems with
 it. Of
> > course, I'm installing clean each time (you can't generally migrate alpha
 code
> > from one release to another so you deinstall it first) and I have a PC
 with 512
> > Mb or a Solaris box with about the same.
> >
> > Oh, and I don't think there's an issue with RedHat. I believe there's
 been a
> > RedHat release of 9i for quite some time.
> >
> > >
> > >"Steven Webb" <Swebb999_at_btopenworld.com> wrote in message
> > >news:abujfg$741$1_at_paris.btinternet.com...
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> Im trying to install 9i on redhat 7.2. I've followed a few web site
 tips
> > >> about what to do about installing java, and creating oracle users,
 setting
> > >> shared memory and so on. Im still having problems when the network
> > >> configuration assistant runs up though in the installer. Basically it
 just
> > >> sits there listening. Now my machine is called hotrats (after the great
> > >> zappa/beefheart album :) and the /etc/hosts file contains the following
> > >>
> > >> 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost
> > >> 127.0.0.1 hotrats hotrats
> > >>
> > >> everything resolves ok when i use the apache and when I ping. I've set
 the
> > >> SID as database what should I enter as the global database name. I've
 tried
> > >> just database but I get the network problem.
> > >>
> > >> I set the hostname and the ip addresses using network configurator.
> > >>
> > >> So thats it basically the listener just listens. If I kill it and at
> the
> end
> > >> of the installation run the netca the test shows that the tcp listener
 seems
> > >> to work but the ipc one fails for some reason.
> > >>
> > >> Any idea's ? Oh and does the listener matter anyway on a stand alone
 machine
> > >> ? I'm installing oracle so I can learn how to use it by the way.
> > >>
> > >> Please help
> > >>
> > >> Cheers
> > >>
> > >> Steve
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> > HTH. Additions and corrections welcome.
> >
> > Pete
> >
> > SELECT standard_disclaimer, witty_remark FROM company_requirements;
> >

Oracle 9i is certified to run with Redhat 7.2 last time I checked. They support both suse and redhat. I've installed 9i with redhat 7.3 with few problems. The dbca needs a little more work to run custom scripts, but it worked out well. Glad you figured out your problem. -bob Received on Tue May 21 2002 - 01:20:22 CEST