Path: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.nacamar.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!82-39-56-37.cable.ubr04.benw.blueyonder.co.UK!not-for-mail From: Phil Britton Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: Oracle 9i R2 and Red Hat 9 Linux x86 Date: 11 Nov 2003 13:51:38 +0000 Lines: 31 Sender: phil@PHIL Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 82-39-56-37.cable.ubr04.benw.blueyonder.co.uk (82.39.56.37) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1068558697 52060274 82.39.56.37 (16 [45767]) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com comp.databases.oracle.server:247444 carl_theblue@hotmail.com (Carl) writes: > Hi All , > > I've red hat 9 installed on my pc and I was trying to install oracle > 9i but with no luck , I just want to know the following : > > 1. Do I need a particular version of red hat ( ie professional , AS, > ES, WS) to be able to install oracle 9i on my machine ? No, but only some of the above are certified. Which ones are certified is left as an exercise for you. > > 2. Is there a red hat command that I can use to know what type of red > hat( ie professional , AS, ES, WS) I am using ? No but if you dont know that, then you obviously don't check your bacnk statements thoroughly enough :-) > 3. If I install oracle successfully on red hat , would I be able to > see oracle option on the start menu , I mean for example , in ms > windows , after you install oracle you go to start then programs then > Oracle OraHome and so on , No. cheers Phil