Path: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!lnewsoutpeer00.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net!lnewsinpeer00.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net!bnewsoutpeer00.bru.ops.eu.uu.net!bnewsinpeer01.bru.ops.eu.uu.net!bnewspost00.bru.ops.eu.uu.net!emea.uu.net!not-for-mail From: "Niall Litchfield" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server References: <401c960d$0$29131$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <1075664727.753301@yasure> <401e40c8$0$28870$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> Subject: Re: The Denis Prize Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 16:35:45 -0000 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 Lines: 45 Message-ID: <401e7c61$0$13347$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net> NNTP-Posting-Date: 02 Feb 2004 16:35:46 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: host9.audit-commission.gov.uk X-Trace: 1075739746 reading.news.pipex.net 13347 193.128.236.219:46128 X-Complaints-To: abuse@uk.uu.net Xref: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com comp.databases.oracle.server:253475 "Howard J. Rogers" wrote in message news:401e40c8$0$28870$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au... > Well, I said it should work like it does on Windows, so the Oracle edition > is irrelevant. Enterprise or Standard, it should make no difference. With > all that Linux talent out there, it cannot be that hard to write a decent > automated installer. > > >And how about > > against which version of the Linux O/S? > > Somewhere else I've finally listed them. Mandrake 9.1, 9.2, Suse 7.3, Red > Hat 8 and 9 and Advanced Server 2.1 -and I suppose 3 as well. Now some of > those (ie, most of those) are not supported distros. So, I will accept an > Advanced Server and RH8 and RH9 installer. > > >Do you really want a routine > > that works perfectly installing Oracle 6.0 on SUSE 1.0? Or do you expect > > something that works with all Oracle versions and editions against all > > versions of Linux by all companies that sell it? > > No, latest distros and latest versions of Oracle... I'm not judging 10g, > though. Just 9i Release 2 would do for starters. > > Essentially, I would like to see someone come up with installer technology > for Linux that is commensurate in terms of ease of use with the Windows > stuff. Let the installer have a button you can click to say "Hey, I'm a > Linux Guru and don't need all this automated crap" if you must. But for the > rest of us (ie, me), I want an automated installer so my fingers can have a > rest. I'm not entirely sure that the 'slick' 10g install meets these standards http://otn.oracle.com/obe/obe10gdb/install/linuxinst/linuxinst.htm -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA Audit Commission UK