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Oracle 11g R2 for 32 bit machine [message #458199]

Thu, 27 May 2010 19:03

PanamDimas
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Location: Maryland . U.S.A

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Hello,

I went to oracle site to download 11g R2 for a 32 bit liknux machine.

I only saw for Linux X86 and 64 bit.

Can anybody help on which to go for or a link to where i can get.

Thank you

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Re: Oracle 11g R2 for 32 bit machine [message #458200 is a reply to message #458199]

Thu, 27 May 2010 19:21

BlackSwan
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I got mine from http://otn.oracle.com

bcm@bcm-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux bcm-laptop 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 28 13:28:05 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
bcm@bcm-laptop:~$ sqlplus

SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Thu May 27 17:20:23 2010

Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Enter user-name: / as sysdba

Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options

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Re: Oracle 11g R2 for 32 bit machine [message #458201 is a reply to message #458199]

Thu, 27 May 2010 19:37

PanamDimas
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Location: Maryland . U.S.A

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Thanks for your response BlackSwan.

I saw the same thing there.
Is Linux X 86 the same thing as 32bit machine.
Will it work on 32 bit machine?

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Re: Oracle 11g R2 for 32 bit machine [message #458202 is a reply to message #458201]

Thu, 27 May 2010 19:46

BlackSwan
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Registered: January 2009
Location: SoCal

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I misread your post

http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/index.html

Oracle Database 11g Release 2
Standard Edition, Standard Edition One, and Enterprise Edition

(11.2.0.1.0)
Download Microsoft Windows (32-bit) 	File 1, File 2  (2GB)  See All
Download Microsoft Windows (x64) 	File 1, File 2  (2GB)  See All
Download Linux x86 	File 1, File 2  (2GB)  See All
Download Linux x86-64 	File 1, File 2  (2GB)  See All

"Linux x86" is 32-bit, as best as I know

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Re: Oracle 11g R2 for 32 bit machine [message #458213 is a reply to message #458199]

Thu, 27 May 2010 23:08

mkounalis
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Registered: October 2009
Location: Dallas, TX

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X86 is most definitely referring to 32-bit. But I have to ask - machines that are 64-bit capable have been shipping for a long time - about five plus years in the server market, and three plus years in the personal market. Are you sure your machine isn't 64-bit capable?! I don't believe there are really any generally available 32-bit only machines being sold in a while. Even the atom processor does 64-bit .......

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Re: Oracle 11g R2 for 32 bit machine [message #458310 is a reply to message #458213]

Fri, 28 May 2010 10:05

PanamDimas
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Location: Maryland . U.S.A

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Thanks a lot.

I really do wonder myself.

I have linux on a gateway machine
What query do I type to see if it is 64 bit or 32 bit?

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Re: Oracle 11g R2 for 32 bit machine [message #458317 is a reply to message #458310]

Fri, 28 May 2010 10:34

Mahesh Rajendran
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As BlackSwan already shown,
use

uname -a

If output is x86_64/* it is 64 bit.

Linux kamas 2.6.24-27-server #1 SMP Fri Mar 12 01:23:09 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

If output has i386/../i686 it is 32 bit.

Linux kalyani 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 28 13:27:30 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

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Re: Oracle 11g R2 for 32 bit machine [message #458320 is a reply to message #458199]

Fri, 28 May 2010 10:47

mkounalis
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Registered: October 2009
Location: Dallas, TX

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Blackswan is showing the commands to show if the OS installed is 32-bit or 64-bit.

It is possible to run a 32-bit X86 operating system on X86_64 processors, so the question might be - how do I tell if my CPU is capable of 64-bit or not?

It is not too uncommon for people to install a 32-bit OS on a box that can in fact support 64-bit. I highly advocate installing 64-bit whenever possible - even if you have less than four gigabytes of RAM. You won't have to do a complete OS re-install just to upgrade the RAM should it ever become necessary Wink

.

I believe some light can be shed by the original poster pasting the output of 'cat /proc/cpu' from the machine he is attempting to use. If this is a name-brand machine, knowing the specifics on the brand and model would probably tell as well.

One thing to keep in mind - unless something radically has changed in the last few days, Oracle does not support running 32-bit Oracle on a 64-bit OS.

I always welcome suggestions, comments, and criticisms.

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