>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Males <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Simon> Trying to install oracle for uni studies. Following the Debian
Simon> Desktop Survival guide, i'm qurious about editing
Simon> /etc/sysctl.conf

Simon> http://www.togaware.com/linux/survivor/Preparing_Installation.shtml

Simon> After running a few " /sbin/sysctl -a | grep's " my output
Simon> doesn't match the guides. Should I really worry about editing
Simon> sysctl.conf ?

Yes.   Oracle performance sucks if it hasn't enough resources.

Simon> Though, I cannot even run the install, because I am not running
Simon> a certain linux distribution:

Simon> # ./runInstaller Starting Oracle Universal Installer...

Read further on the webpage:

     Pretend that we are running RedHat (the installer won't run
     otherwise):

     cat > /etc/redhat-release
     Red Hat Linux release 2.1 (drupal)
     ^D


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