Re: oracle install on linux

I have installed 8.1.6 on a 233MHz 64MB RAM Laptop running RedHat 6.something The entire thing took hours. I could not install the sample database. It just hung. Oracle runs fine though, and I could create a database. Running sql.bsq and the cat* scripts also take a massive amount of time. I did not have to rebuild the kernel or anything.

Try doing a custom install and choose the minimum configuration. Forget about the starter database. Create your own once Oracle is installed.

• rajXesh

PS: <dmz17> An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

            ~~Don Marquis, archy and mehitabel, 1927

"dmz17" <dmz17_at_nospam.nowhere.com> wrote in message news:<pan.2002.10.14.22.59.31.958474_at_nospam.nowhere.com>...
> On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 13:30:36 +0000, James Sullivan wrote:
>
> > Hello -
> >
> > I am attempting to install oracle 8i on a i386, 233mHz, 128meg ram and
> > am having trouble with the Java universal installer. I have rebuilt
> > the kernel to accomidate larger semaphores and shared mem, and have
> > increase the swap to 500+ megs. The problem is that about 50% through
> > the install, the machine just locks up. Any ideas as to how to debug
> > this, or if it is possible to install oracle 8i without the java
> > installer?
> >
> > any input would be of help,
> >
> > james
>
> Is there anything at all in the installation log?
>
> Please be advised that you are stretching the machine's resources.
> 8i and 9i even more so is massive server software. To load it on
> a machine with as relatively little muscle as yours is sadistic,
> or is that masochistic? ;-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> dmz17
Received on Tue Oct 15 2002 - 15:49:13 CEST