Return-Path: Received: from air189.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i12JlHw29076 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 13:47:17 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air189.startdedicated.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i12JlFo29068 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 13:47:16 -0600 Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 60C913958CE; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 14:39:53 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Mon, 02 Feb 2004 14:38:21 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Delivered-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Received: from smtp010.tiscali.dk (smtp010.tiscali.dk [212.54.64.103]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 231E539638E for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 14:38:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from miracleas.dk (213.237.25.247.adsl.van.worldonline.dk [213.237.25.247]) by smtp010.tiscali.dk (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i12Jib4m015732 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 20:44:38 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <401EA8A2.7030702@miracleas.dk> Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 20:44:34 +0100 From: Peter Gram User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: oracle-l@freelists.org Subject: Re: Will 10g install on any Linux??? References: <20040202180556.GA27628@mladen.wangtrading.com> In-Reply-To: <20040202180556.GA27628@mladen.wangtrading.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-archive-position: 584 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: peter.gram@miracleas.dk Precedence: normal Reply-To: oracle-l@freelists.org X-list: oracle-l There is a file where the installer check's what is supported, you can specify what ever youre OS returns from uname -a :-) Mladen Gogala wrote: >Well, if necessary, we'll compile /usr/local/bin/uname and make sure it >returns the desired information. Uname will consist of few printfs and >will take exactly the same command line arguments as the original one. >By the way, I don't think oracle wants to do that, because there would >be quite an uproar. There are other databases and mindshare will sooner >or later transform into the market share. Believe me, Oracle does not >want to restrict their flagship database to $3000 Linux versions only, >because that would make the door wide open for competition like DB/2 >and PosgresSQL. >If nothing else, you can always get a Java decompiler from slashdot, >inspect the source code and rig the part that checks the OS version >appropriately. On the other hand, this might be just another way of >hiding the "quality" of the code. Trick would be to make 10g available >for supported Linux only, which is run by very few people and do not >make the RDBMS widely available until it's fixed. That would confirm >the information I've already discussed on this group and usenet. > > > >On 02/02/2004 12:35:20 PM, "Jesse, Rich" wrote: > > >>Yes, those are the "certified" Linux releases, but Oracle versions >>prior to >>10g could be installed on other distros. The screenshots seem to >>indicate >>that the Installer now checks which Linux you're running, which leads >>me >>back to the original question. >> >>Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator >>rich.jesse@qtiworld.com Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI >>USA >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Mladen Gogala [mailto:mladen@wangtrading.com] >>Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 10:26 AM >>To: oracle-l@freelists.org >>Subject: Re: Will 10g install on any Linux??? >> >> >>On 02/02/2004 11:04:04 AM, "Jesse, Rich" wrote: >> >> >>>According to screenshots from >>>http://otn.oracle.com/obe/obe10gdb/install/linuxinst/linuxinst.htm >>> >>> >>it >> >> >>>looks >>>like the installer checks to see if it's running on a "certified" >>>Linux. I >>>thought the latest line was that Oracle would support running on >>> >>> >>any >> >> >>>Linux? >>> >>> >>Here is what I was able to dig up: >>Application Tier Certifications >>OS Product Server Status Addtl. Info. 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