Re: oracle 8i lite

From: Scott Howard <fwubjneq_at_alk.arg>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 14:06:17 -0800
Message-ID: <3888d722@news.nwlink.com>

In article <3888C714.BA60C844_at_nanospace.com>, jrough_at_nanospace.com wrote:

> I have a 604e Mac and would like to install Oracle lite on it. The only
> solution is to also install some type of unixOS. I would like the
> installation to be as painless as possible. I have HFS+ file system on
> my Mac with system 8.5.1. MachTen sounds like an ideal solution except
> for the price. I heard about a subset version of linux you could use
> without reformatting your mac but I haven't been able to locate where I
> read that. My hard drive is divided into 3 partions of a little over a
> gig each. It would be nice to not have to reformat my hard drive.

Correct me if I'm wrong (and I hope I am), but I am under the distinct impression that 8i for Linux requires an x86 processor. And if I'm wrong on that, you'll need to whack your current partitioning scheme. At any rate, you can't use it with the setup you have.

Check out the following URLs for more info:

http://www.byte.com/column/BYT19990928S0008 http://www.oracle.com/support/products/o8s/linux/html/805ig.pdf Received on Fri Jan 21 2000 - 16:06:17 CST