I've done a couple installs of Oracle 8i on RH6.0 and 6.1. There are some interesting gotchas, if this isn't too far off topic. Using a newer jre than Oracle's recommended 1.1.6v5 will often (not always) work as far as installing the software itself, but for me the install program would then bomb out trying to create the "starter" database. This can be done manually with a lot of effort and much searching of the linux-oracle howto and some headscratching (it covers Oracle 7) but better to have it done unless you're an oracle expert. So though a newer jdk's the obvious fix, I don't recommend it myself. I haven't tried any 1.2.x java's yet. When I went back and did the jre 1.1.6v5, I then had to run /mnt/cdrom/install/linux/runIns.sh in an xterm instead of /mnt/cdrom/runInstaller, but everything (eventually) installed on a 256meg box. On a 64meg box it died after a while. I'm told 128 is enough. See if this approach works for you. Before doing this make sure $ORACLE_HOME and similar are set. Otherwise you'll get odd errors about NLS and language support later on, if I remember. I also had to manually update /etc/ld.so.conf with the path to the oracle binaries. Once installed get linux_81501patch_ee.tgz from oracle's web or ftp site. And check out http://technet.oracle.com, become a "member" and search the support forums. It's the only way to survive ;-) Hope this helps, and sorry for the incoherence, been a long day ;-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
