Path: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu!spool.maxwell.syr.edu!drn.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!216.196.110.149.MISMATCH!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!pe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk!blueyonder!text.news.blueyonder.co.uk!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Dave" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server References: <6028007c.0411111509.5871842c@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: Install both Oracle 8i and 9i on a single Sun Solaris Box? Lines: 20 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 23:22:12 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.39.110.72 X-Complaints-To: abuse@blueyonder.co.uk X-Trace: text.news.blueyonder.co.uk 1100215332 82.39.110.72 (Thu, 11 Nov 2004 23:22:12 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 23:22:12 GMT Xref: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu comp.databases.oracle.server:229137 "Jim Cheng" wrote in message news:6028007c.0411111509.5871842c@posting.google.com... >I already have Oracle 9.2.0.4 on the machine. Now I want to install > Oracle 8.1.7 on it. Is there any guideline that I can follow? > > Here is the OS machine of Solaris: > bash-2.03$ uname -a > SunOS luckbox 5.8 Generic_108528-23 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240 > > > Thank you, > Jim just install into a separate oracle home and away you go some people recommend a new os user - i dont though