Path: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!prodigy.com!pd7cy2so!pd7cy1no!shaw.ca!news3.optonline.net!newshosting.com!news-xfer2.atl.newshosting.com!63.218.45.203.MISMATCH!newsfeeds.sol.net!chcgil2-snh1.gtei.net!news.bbnplanet.com!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail From: "Robert C" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: Oracle 9i R2 and Red Hat 9 Linux x86 Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 14:55:43 -0500 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.75.61.66 X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1068580509 27423 65.75.61.66 (11 Nov 2003 19:55:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:55:09 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com comp.databases.oracle.server:247473 Did you do homework ? Some excellent read, they should answer any problem you might encounter: http://www.dizwell.com/pdfs/oracleonlinux.pdf http://www.puschitz.com/ You're only installing on a PC for personal use, right ? Any response postings with statements about "certified, not certified...." that sort of boring crap - Just IGNORE them. "Carl" > 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 ? > > 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 ? > > 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 , > > > thanks in advance. > > Carl