Installing 9i on Linux

From: Howard J. Rogers <howardjr_at_www.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 13:37:37 +1000
Message-ID: <3b91a86c$1@news.iprimus.com.au>

Being a simple-minded Windows user, I'm having great O/S difficulty trying to follow the Oracle guide to installing 9i on Linux.

Basically, I fall at the first hurdle: "Steps to Perform as the Root User - Create Mount Points". And then it goes downhill thereafter.

I know the basic mount command, but if I try "mount /u01 /some_directory", it doesn't work, so the subtleties of its syntax must be escaping me. Any suggestions for how to get this working, and what my mount point should actually reference?

There's also the slight problem of creating the Oracle User... first, it appears to exist already, right after a fresh SuSe 7.1 installation, which surprised me somewhat... but if I delete that, then use useradd -g dba -p password oracle, I can't log in as "oracle". Again, am I missing something (well, clearly I am, but you know what I mean).

Any help from someone who's pulled this installation off would be enormously appreciated. And whilst I can muddle my way around Linux, "muddle" is the operative word, so think "Windows User" when posting any advice.

If all else fails, I shall be lugging my PC back into the office on Tuesday, and the Oracle Unix gurus can deal with it then... but I hate to admit defeat quite so early on in the piece.

Regards
HJR Received on Sat Sep 01 2001 - 22:37:37 CDT