[wplug] Oracle 8.1.7 on RH7.3?

[Sean McCune]

I've been running Oracle 9i on linux with no problems for quite some time.
 And, of course, it beats the pants off of running it on Solaris and SPARC
hardware, because of the hardware speed difference.

Now, about the 8.x install problem.  I ran into that a *long* time ago.
There was an environment variable that had to be set, and then it ran with
no problems.  I can't remember exactly which one it was. But I have a
vague recollection of it dealing with preloading, but I'm not entirely
sure.  I haven't run 8.x in a long time.

Of course, 9i was not without its own bit of annoyance.  It wouldn't even
install unless you had 512 Mb of memory.  So you couldn't even install and
use a small database for development purposes without 512 Mb.  At the
time, all our machines were 256 Mb.  At least it gave an excuse to
upgrade.  ;)

Sorry I couldn't be of much more help.

McC



> ya, last time i tried oracle on linux 2.4, it shit the bed with devfs.
> (it thought i had like -65535 space free or something.) i dont think
> they have fixed this bug either.
>
> i guess oracle isn't really serious about linux.
>
> honestly, if you are going to run oracle (and have the money to pay for
> it) then the only way to go is solaris on sun hardware.  end of story.
>
>
>
> On Fri, 2002-09-20 at 15:50, Keir Josephson wrote:
>> This is a problem with the oui. I guess they compiled it for RH 6.2
>> and never updated it. You need to install some legacy libs:
>>
>> compat-glibc-6.2-2.1.3.2.i386.rpm
>> compat-egcs-6.2-1.1.2.14.i386.rpm
>> compat-libs-6.2-3.i386.rpm
>>
>> and set your environment before you run the oui by running the
>> following:
>>
>> export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5
>> (set this also if you use dbastudio, netca, etc.)
>> &
>> ./i386-glibc21-linux-env.sh
>> (this can be found in /usr/i386-glibc21-linux/bin)
>>
>> Don't let it create the database or else the linking process will
>> fail. If you have access to it, Metalink has alot of good hit on this.
>> Also, I don't think oracle has certified 8i for RH 7.2 or 7.3, but I
>> don't think it really matters unless you want serious support from
>> them.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> -Keir
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Edward Walter wrote:
>>
>> > I don't know what hw platform your running, but weren't there
>> problems with the JRE in the oracle installer and P4 platforms.  I
>> know I had problems with the 8.1.6 version.  To get it installed, I
>> had to swap in a different JRE.  As I recall, it was a giant PITA.
>> > -Ed
>> >
>> > >  I am installing Oracle 8.1.7 on Red Hat 7.3 and am having
>> problems with
>> > > the Universal Installer starting. I am running ./runInstaller as
>> an no privs user from within X and I get a message that it is
>> "Initializing the Java Virtual Machine from
>> > > ../stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/bin/jre.
>> > >  Please wait..."  but I never get the "welcome screen" as
>> indicated by
>> > > the Oracle installation instructions.  If anyone has had a similar
>> issue or any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated.
>> Bombthroat
>> > >
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