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From: joel-garry@home.com (Joel Garry)
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Subject: Re: can Oracle 9i be installed in a non-top level directory
Date: 9 Apr 2004 15:04:20 -0700
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thick_guy_9@yahoo.com (AMIT) wrote in message news:<7e127df6.0404091018.658cebc1@posting.google.com>...
> hi
> I am thinking of installing Oracle 9i on Red Hat Linux 8.0 on x86.
> Due to some constraints with my existing linux partition scheme (all 4
> primary partitions are used up), I will not be able to allicate a top
> level partition to Oracle - i.e I can't create /u01,/u02,/u03,/u04
> partitions.
> 
> I do have space on /home. Can i create /home/u01,... and install? Or
> will creating a symbolic link from /u01 (under /) to /home/u01 be a
> better alternative?
> 
> Thanks

That u0x stuff is merely a suggestion.  It has advantages of
administration in that people who are familiar with OFA will know
where things are.  It is not necessarily the default and not required.
 You should be able to establish oracle environment variables that
point whereever you wish.

Nothing wrong with links, although I've seen people mess up on
restores and copies because they don't understand subtleties.

jg
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