Re: oracle install on linux

From: dmz17 <dmz17_at_nospam.nowhere.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:59:32 +0200
Message-ID: <pan.2002.10.14.22.59.31.958474_at_nospam.nowhere.com>


On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 13:30:36 +0000, James Sullivan wrote:

> Hello -
>
> I am attempting to install oracle 8i on a i386, 233mHz, 128meg ram and
> am having trouble with the Java universal installer. I have rebuilt
> the kernel to accomidate larger semaphores and shared mem, and have
> increase the swap to 500+ megs. The problem is that about 50% through
> the install, the machine just locks up. Any ideas as to how to debug
> this, or if it is possible to install oracle 8i without the java
> installer?
>
> any input would be of help,
>
> james

Is there anything at all in the installation log?

Please be advised that you are stretching the machine's resources. 8i and 9i even more so is massive server software. To load it on a machine with as relatively little muscle as yours is sadistic, or is that masochistic? ;-)

Cheers,

dmz17 Received on Tue Oct 15 2002 - 00:59:32 CEST

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