Re: Q: Oracle 8.1.7 install on Redhat 7.1

Schoen Volker wrote:
>
> Hi list,
>
> I#m trying to install Oracle 8.1.7 on Redhat Linux 8.1.7.
>
> First of all, I'm a newbie in Linux. So installed Redhat Linux. I have done
> what Oracle docs says about pre-installation tasks on Linux. I've created a
> user oracle, two groups oinstall, dba the mountpoints... What I haven't done
> is to edit kernel parameter, cause I don't know how.
>
> After all of this, I tried to start the Oracle Installer. I'm logged on as
> user oracle. When I start installer, I only get a message that jre will be
> loaded and then nothing more happens.
>
> Hardware:
> Intel 433 Celeron, 128 MB Ram, 6 GB HDD
>
> Environment:
> Redhat Linux 7.1 Server
> Swap device 400 MB
> Oracle 8.1.7
>
> I searched metalink and redhat, but I haven't found some hints.
>
> Any help is welcome.
>
> Volker Schön
> E-Mail: mailto:v.schoen_at_inplan.de
> http://www.inplan.de
>

Volker,

   Got the same behaviour when trying to install 9i with 8.1.7 running and 256M of RAM. Started like a charm when I stopped 8.1.7. Quite obviously you do not have another instance running but it suggests to me that their %$?#@ of Java Virtual Machine needs a lot of memory. You may have Apache, MySQL, Postgres or whatever running, perhaps that shutting a few things down would help.
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   If you can read French, the best practical Linux doc I have found is at http://www.medsyn.fr/perso/g.delafond/survie.htm. Nothing on Oracle, cooking-book style and written by a physician, not a professional system administrator (this may explain that) but really good. </HORS-SUJET>

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