Hello,

try this one. It worked for my system several times.

":-) msmile" schrieb:

> Boored to have problems under SuSE 6.0 I decided
> to buy SuSE 6.2.
>
> I downloaded all patches as described in www.suse.com
>
> Oratab file created. Pre installation libs installed...
>
> but now I got a problem I don't understand
>
> While installing RDBMS I got this message:
>
>  There are still sgadef<SID>.dbf file(s) in $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/
>  (/u01/app/oracle/product/8.0.5/dbs/).  This indicates that there
>  may still be running instances.  You must shut down all database
>  instances associated with this ORACLE_HOME before upgrading the
>  Server.  Select (Yes) if you have shut down the instances from
>  another terminal/window.  Select (No) to abort the installation.
>
> It's impossible I got a instance running because this is the first one
> installation.
>
> The directory $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/    doesn't exist (I also tryed to create one
> but the problem
> persists)
>
> Now what can I do ??? Put oracle CD in the WC? Read tons of docs before
> install the pachage?
>
> Please help me to find a solution.



	
Installing Oracle8i on SuSE Linux 6.2
	This installation guide probably will work for all Linux systems
	as long as the new glibc6 v2.1 is supported. This is true
	for SuSE since 6.2. As far as I know, there's nothing like an
	update patch for glibc6.
	This file is a mixture of the original Oracle Installation Guide,
	the SuSE Installation How-To and personal experiences.
	

	For this guide it is assumed that Oracle8i will reside in the folder
	/opt/u01. The user may alter this path as required.
	
	
Prerequisites
	

		

			Running Linux supporting glibc6 v2.1

		
		

			At least 600 MB of disk space

		  (Oracle talks about 275 MB, but that's just enough for
		  the system files ...)

		
		

			Additional disk space to hold the decompressed installation package.
		  This is a must, as the Oracle8i 8.1.5.0.1 Update has to patch
		  some files.

		
		

			If there's already some JRE (Java Runtime Environment) installed you'll
		  have to remove it from your system. An older (and more compatible) version
		  is included in the upgrade patch).

		
		

		Download the upgrade patch oracle815-suse62.tar.gz
		(about 13 MB).

		
		

			If your system does not feature 256 MB of physical RAM, enlarge/add swap partitions
		  to accomodate a total of about 300 MB logical storage (the JRE really needs that space).

		
	
	
	
Preparing the System
	After unpacking the installation archive (contact some MISTRAL related individual ...),
	you have to apply the provided patches. The archive contains four files:
	

		

			orarun.rpm contains a Sys V startup script. You don't want to use this unless
		  you plan to setup a 24*7 DB server.
		
		

			tcl75lib.rpm contains tcl7.5 needed for the Intelligent Agent (I don't know what
		  it is useful for - no need to install this for a basic server).
		
		

			javarunt.rpm is the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) 1.1.6v5, which is older than the
		  JRE shipped on SuSE's CD.
		
		

			Oracle8i-EE-patch.tar.gz, the final update to Oraclei 8.1.5.0.1. You may want to
		  check technet.oracle.com for an even better update.
		
	
	
	

		

			Unpack and install the archives:

			
      tar xvzf oracle815-suse62.tar.gz
      cd oracle815-suse62

      rpm -Uvh orarun.rpm                # not mandatory
      rpm -Uvh tcl75lib.rpm              # not mandatory
      rpm -Uvh javarunt.rpm
			
		
		

			Unpack/copy the installation archive to a writable media (this takes about 275 MB).

		
		

			Apply the patch:
			
      cd (oracle-install-archive)
      tar xzf (location-of-patch)/Oracle8i-EE-patch.tar.gz
      cd Oracle8i-EE-patch
      ./INSTALL.sh
  		
		
		

			Create a link to the JRE:
			
      ln -s /usr/lib/jre /usr/local/jre
  		
		
		

			Create a group oinstall and a group dba as well as an user oracle belonging to these groups.
			oracle will perform most installation tasks. You should choose bash as a primary shell rather than
			tcsh.

		
		

			Create some mount-points (for a totally Oracle compliant system you'll need four mount-points,
			but only one will work fine). For best performance you may want to distribute the DB system and 
			DB flatfiles over some seperate harddisks.
			
      mkdir /opt/u01
  		
		
	
	

	
	
Starting the Installation
	

		

			Log in as user oracle

		
		

			Set environment variables:
			
			set DISPLAY=:0.0
			set ORACLE_BASE=/opt/o01/app/oracle
			set ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/8.1.5
			set ORA_NLS33=$ORACLE_HOME/ocommon/nls/admin/data
			export DISPLAY ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_HOME ORA_NLS33
			
			You should include those lines into your .profile.

		
		

			Go into the main directory of your Oraclei installation package and run
			
			./runInstaller
			
		
		

			After quite a while the OUI will show up and guide you through the installation procedures.
			Be warned again: The JRE eats up all your RAM, so terminate all other task (except your X-server
			and window manager :-). Some window managers don't like some of the Java-generated windows and
			will shut down - ctwm and kdwm work fine. Sometimes you won't be able
			to read all the information printed in the OUI window - be asured that this is more or less 
			useless informations.

		
		

			Choose typical installation instead of minimal. Custom installation is only for those
			who really know what parts are vital.

		
		

			Now just follow the instructions given in th OUI window. Eventually you'll be prompted to run
			some shell script as user root.

		
		

			When asked whether to create a new database or copy an existing one, you have to answer with
			"create". The Linux installer doesn't contain the necessary flatfiles. Perhaps
			the Solaris version will do, but that's untested.

			Some questions about database type (dedicated, hybrid, OLAP ...) will follow. It is save to keep
			the standard settings. For this manual it is assumed that the global database name is 
			myDB and the SID ORCL. From my point of view it is unlikely that you want
			to keep up several seperate instances on a Linux system, so simply set and export ORACLE_SID 
			to ORCL.

			As the OUI will tell you, creating a database will take a while.

		
	
	
	
Post-Installation Tasks
	After the installation procedure, you'll find an up and running Oracle8i
	instance. To get an instance running after rebooting the system, two viable ways exist.
	The first is to start the svrmgrl and startup each instance manually.

	Another, much easier, way is to edit /env/oratab. This file contains one line for
	each instance, terminated by an "N". Simply replace it with a "Y".
	Now log in as user oracle, check if $ORACLE_SID contains the right identifier and
	execute dbstart. To stop an instance simply execute dbstop.