8i/linux install problem

From: Robert Vasvari <vrobi_at_futon>
Date: 9 Aug 1999 03:48:08 GMT
Message-ID: <7olj1o$63o@news.csus.edu>

I have downloaded the entire 8i/linux distribution. I have RH 6.0 with the latest patches. I did everything the instructions said to prepare for the installation. Here are the relevant env vars: ORACLE_SID=VROBI
NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.US7ASCII
ORACLE_BASE=/home/oracle/u01/app/oracle

ORA_NLS33=/home/oracle/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/ocommon/nls/admin/data 
ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5 
TNS_ADMIN=/home/oracle/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/network/admin

The database server installs fine, but as it invokes the DB Configuration Assistant, it fails.
Then, I start up dbassist manually as the istructions state, I get the following error:

JNLS Exception:oracle.ntpg.jnls.JNLSException: Unable to find any national character sets. Please check your Oracle installation.

If I continue, I get to the screens where I can create a new DB or copy one. If I decide to copy one it fails, because it looks for an Oracle CD which I do not have. I cannot point it to the staging area on disk?????

After that the DB creation fails:
TNS could not resolve service name

Am I supposed to setup a tnsnames.ora *before* I create the DB?

Any help is appreciated.

=[vrobi]= Received on Sun Aug 08 1999 - 22:48:08 CDT