Re: Does anyone run Linux 8i or Redhat 7.0?

Preston Crawford wrote:

> Sorry for the crosspost, but I'm trying to learn Oracle on Linux and I had a
> problem with installation last night and I was wondering if anyone here has
> installed Oracle 8i on Redhat 7.0. I bought a book last night titled Oracle
> 8i for Linux Starter Kit. The directions helped, but I still got stuck. I
> was able to get through most of the install, but when it went to install the
> default database it choked and said it couldn't connect to the server or
> something like that, and thus couldn't create the default DB. I tried to log
> in as System and it kept throwing errors. So I was wondering, before I dive
> back into this tonight, if anyone has a link to a mini-howto or something
> that might help me get past some common mistakes that are made with this
> configuration. Any help or advice would be appreciated.
>
> Preston

Preston,

I got 8.1.7 installed on my RH7.0 after major battle. I had the same problem as you had.
Finally I chose the 'create install scripts' option in the dbassistant instead of trying to
create the DB with the GUI. The shell/SQL script DB creation worked fine and now
my Oracle is running with no problems.

HTH, R(o)isto Received on Thu Jan 11 2001 - 16:02:40 CST