Re: is it possible to get 8i to work on redhat 7.2?

I recently did a successful 8.1.7 ee install on redhat lixux 7.2 w/o problems. check out the below url for more info :

go to, http://www.idevelopment.info and from the topics menu, click on "Oracle" -> "DBA Tips" -> Tips #53

hth,
-Stan

Fester wrote:

> I have been trying to install oracle 8.1.7 on a Redhat 7.2 system
> using
> 2.4.9-31 kernel with very poor success. Is it possible to run oracle
> 8i
> on a current redhat system?
>
> First I "installed" oracle, or at least went as far as the install
> program
> is capable of. I have gotten beyond the genclntsh problems with
> linking
> oracle (how old is that problem?). Still, it hangs on all the
> assistant
> programs at the end. I installed the (old, old) correct version 1.18
> jre
> software. Searching through metalink I see I have too new a version
> of
> glibc and must install some fix to get that to link right. But still
> the
> GUI tools don't work well. I figured out that the net8 assistant was
> merely trying to create one simple line for the listener process.
> I did download the linux81701.tar from oracle as my install source
> BTW.
>
> So finally I think I have some working install and we try to create
> one of
> our databases by importing it. Well, the GUI tool is not working
> today.
> We use SQL and get the DB partially working. We decide we would
> really like
> dbassist to work. So I go off and review the metalink docs again and
> decided that setup-stubs.sh and glibc fixes have to be redone. Well,
> that's
> the end of oracle. Now I get some 1034 error when I try to start the
> test DB.
> But the GUI tools work again, sort of. At least they *might* work.
> As
> long as I keep killing jre processes when they don't, and don't try to
> use the GUIs too many times between reboots. ugh.
>
> So, is this just an impossible combination to make work. The linux
> install
> is quite solid, no errors, a very current redhat 7.2 install with
> current
> patches. I like to be current with the OS. I don't want to use 9i.
> Does this combination of constraints mean I need to forget oracle on
> this
> host? I've poked all over their web site, but searching doesn't yield
> much useful information, and although we do have some sort of support
> contract (yes, we did buy the software) I expect they'd just say
> redhat 7.2
> is not certified. Do I need to find Redhat 6.2 and go back to an
> older
> kernel?
>
> Grrr. Now for a bit of venting. If I was a commercial software vendor
> I think I would most certainly fix a broken installation process. I
> would want people to install and use my program. If I was a database
> vendor and
> had a public web site I would probably ensure simple searches for
> things
> such as "linux" and "certified" would lead to documents. I guess when
> you own the database market these simple things are no longer
> important.
> If you don't want to sell 8i, then purge it from your downloads and
> web
> pages. We'd rather use that than the newer 9i until 9i's bugs and
> security
> problems have been fleshed out a bit longer.
>
> Please reply via posting, although the mail address is real it will
> be dropped once it fills with spam.
>
> TIA for any help the net can provide.
> "Fester"
>
Received on Fri Apr 26 2002 - 22:17:45 CDT