dirish_at_arsmagna.com wrote in news:m3vg2lm48e.fsf_at_am4.arsmagna.com:
> Markus Schmidt <markus_at_the-schmidts.de> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I downloaded iAS 9.0.2.0.1 from OTN and tried to install on a SuSE
>> Linux 8.1 box.
>> (Yes, I know it's not vertified, but it's only a test environment).
>>
>> First I set the kernel parameters, created a user and set the
>> env-parameters (just it is described in the installation manual).
>> ksh and the other requirements are present.
>> Because I have only one server (1.5 GB RAM, 2 GHz, enough disk space)
>> , I would like to install infrastructure and the BI on this box.
>> I created a ORACLE_HOME for infrastructure.
>>
>> In the installer I chose Infrastructure and the installation suceeds
>> (the problem with the linking / genclntsh is solved) and all seems
>> fine.
>>
>> But now the configuration goes on and problems occur:
>>
>> 1. the listener doesn't start. Although it's in the log file, there is
>> no listener in the process list.
>> To solve this, I started manually "lsnrctl start LISTENER" and
>> stopped the assistant.
>>
>> 2. dbca copies the database files, but on startup theres an error
>> (ORA-1503) in "CREATE CONTROLFILE" and an error ORA-1990 "error
>> opening password file". This causes the database not to start. I tried
>> several times to create the orapw, but this doesn't change
>> anything. If I try to start the database manually (ALTER DATABASE
>> MOUNT; ALTER DATABASE OPEN), all works fine.
>> What's the problem??? Are there files missing in the installation CDs
>> (e.g. orapw) or ist there another step I have to do?
>> I read the manual "Howto: install Oracle RDBMS/Application Server
>> 9iR2 on SuSe 8.0, provided by Timothy Z. Cole Jr.,
>> http://www.elisabeth-olaf.de/net/oracle-linux/", but this is only
>> version 9iR2 and not 9.0.2.0.1/SuSE 8.0 and not 8.1.
>>
>> 3. Due to the previous error, OID-installation hangs.
>> 4. Only action I could do is abort the whole installation.
>>
>> Has anyone out there a running system on linux? How often must I try
>> to get iAs work?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Markus Schmidt
>>
>
> This is not a SuSE problem, or at least not only a SuSE problem. I am
> having the same problems with RedHat 8.0.
>
> I didn't have the listener problem but I did have the password file
> problem. I used the utility to create a password file and then the
> dbca ran O.K.
>
> However, I have not been able to get around the OID problem. There
> was a hint on OTN, but not enough for me to figure it out.
>
> I would like to know if anybody has gotten iAS 9.0.2.0.1 on RedHat 8.0
> and for that matter, has anybody gotten the Collaboration Suite to run
> on 8.0?
>
> Thanks,
> Dudley Irish
>
FWIW - I've successfully install 9iAS R2 V9.0.2.0.1 on Solaris.
Received on Tue Nov 26 2002 - 18:19:02 CST
