Re: Oracle XE - override prereq checks when installing rpm on linux AS 4.0

From: IANAL_VISTA <IANAL_Vista_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:53:19 GMT
Message-ID: <Xns97056ED28CA10SunnySD@68.6.19.6>

Steven Kondolf <skondolf_at_nospam.rochester.rr.com> wrote in news:cgupm19tmklkh418r7t8br9obe9khgennl_at_4ax.com:

> I have a small home-based Linux server running Redhat AS 4.0 that I
> want to install Oracle XE on via the rpm downloaded from otn. During
> the install via the rpm I'm told that I only have 250 megs of ram on
> my machine and XE wants 256 minimum so the install aborts.
>
> Does anyone know if there's a way to bypass the pre-req check? I know
> this can be done when installing Oracle via OUI but wasn't sure about
> an rpm. I tried the --force option on the rpm command but that didn't
> help.
>
> Thanks for any help given.
>

No promises but you might want to try -ignoreSysPrereqs Also I've heard a rumor that Oracle is aware & will drop the requirement to around 240MB to allow for PCs which have 256MB & a video card which takes a small amount out of the 256MB. Received on Sat Nov 05 2005 - 12:53:19 CST