And the sys admin has reserved only half a day on my
time to install Oracle 817 on a linux box (Mandrake I
think)...
- Paul Drake <paled_at_home.com> wrote:
> Jared,
>
> So - did your use ReiserFS for your datafiles?
> did you go raw for the online redo logs?
> Stick with extfs2 for your boot partition?
> did you use the 2.2.18 or the 2.4.1 kernel
> how much ram in the box, # of hard drives?
>
> how about posting the dmesg and maybe a df?
>
> insomniac minds want to know :)
>
> Paul
>
> Jared Still wrote:
> >
> > As promised, here are my experiences installing
> Oracle on
> > SuSE Linux 7.1
> >
> > Through version 7.0, installing 8i on SuSE was
> apparently a
> > piece of cake.
> >
> > It was somewhat difficult on version 7.1, but not
> impossible.
> >
> > The problem lies in a critical library in Linux
> systems, glibc.
> >
> > In SuSE 7.1, the latest and greates version of
> glibc is used,
> > version 2.2.
> >
> > Oracle for Linux however is compiled with glibc
> 2.1.3, and that
> > presents somewhat of a problem. I'll get to the
> details later though, as
> > there were earlier but less complicated problems
> to deal with.
> >
> > First of all, you must get the Oracle EE 8.1.7
> edition. If you are
> > downloading, that can be somewhat tricky.
> >
> > The file is ~500 Meg. Somewhere along the route,
> the network
> > connection was getting reset, and I could never
> seem to finish
> > the download.
> >
> > A perusal of download.com with a search for
> 'download managers'
> > revealed quite a list. These programs deal with
> broken connections
> > by restarting the download from the last bit
> received.
> >
> > I tried one promising contender. It failed
> however when it was unable
> > to deal with the large size of it's own temporary
> files.
> >
> > The next one I tried was 'ReGet', and I highly
> recommend it, simply
> > because it worked.
> >
> > Onward and upward.
> >
> > The java sdk that comes with SuSE is from IBM, and
> it has caused
> > me problems before. Replace the installed java
> with Java 2, also
> > known by it's version number of 1.3.
> >
> > A note on MetaLink says that the problem with this
> version of
> > Java can be overcome simply by unsetting the
> environment
> > variable 'LANG'.
> >
> > Just install the latest Java, you'll want it
> anyway.
> >
> > Once you have that done, untar file linux81701.tar
> into your
> > staging area, and run the installer.
> >
> > Do not check the option to create a database after
> the install, as
> > it won't work. This is due to the glibc problem
> mentioned earlier.
> >
> > Oracle will install Ok, and everything appears to
> link properly, but
> > don't believe it. It won't work, you will see
> many ORA-3113 errors
> > if you try to create a database.
> >
> > More Java problems. The runtime that the Oracle
> installer just
> > setup for you won't work.
> >
> > Go to www.blackdown.org and pick yourself up the
> 1.1.8 Java
> > runtime for glibc 2.1.3. I forget exactly where
> it's located, but the file
> > name is jre118_v3-glibc-2.1.3.tar.bz2
> >
> > Install this version of the java runtime in
> $ORACLE_HOME/../jre
> > and use symbolic links to make it point
> $ORACLE_HOME/../jre/1.1.8
> > or just overwrite the current runtime directory if
> you are so inclined.
> >
> > I personally have an aversion to destroying
> software in such
> > a cavilier manner however.
> >
> > Think you're done yet?
> >
> > Not a chance.
> >
> > Now you have to take care of the glibc problem.
> >
> > There is a patch for it, and it is unsupported.
> There should be
> > a supported version soon.
> >
> > The patch can be found at :
> >
> http://www.suse.de/en/support/oracle/db/817_71.html
> >
> > The name of the patch file is
> glibc-2.1.3-stubs.tar.gz.
> > Just follow the directions contained in the README
> file that
> > is with the patch, and Oracle should be ready to
> go.
> >
> > There, that didn't hurt much, did it?
> >
> > Jared
> >
> > --
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> > Author: Jared Still
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