Re: 9iRel2 install on RHEL ES4

BTW, RHEL4 is recognized as a valid OS by the 10.1.0.4 <http://10.1.0.4>installer, so this is rapidly becoming a moot point.  John

 On 6/22/05, John Smiley <jrsmiley_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> That's interesting. I've heard exactly the opposite from several folks,
> including Werner. By ignoring the system prerequisites, you forego allowing
> the installer to check for other important factors such as memory, swap,
> disk space, etc. It seems to me that spoofing the installer while allowing
> all other checks to be be made is a pretty good idea.
> The change is only temporary while installing Oracle. The original
> contents are restored after the install, so no impact on up2date.
> John Smiley
>
> On 6/22/05, Jesse, Rich <Rich.Jesse_at_quadtechworld.com> wrote:
>
> > Agreed. And in cases where the Oracle Installer is itself installed
> > using ignoreSysPrereqs, I'll instead modify $OUI_HOME/oraparams.ini to add
> > the "offending" OS, just in case some if the SysPrereqs should not be met in
> > the future.
> > My $.02,
> > Rich
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:
> > oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] *On Behalf Of *Reidy, Ron
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 22, 2005 11:59 AM
> > *To:* jrsmiley_at_gmail.com; joe_dba_at_hotmail.com
> > *Cc:* oracle-l_at_freelists.org; stellr_at_cns.vt.edu
> > *Subject:* RE: 9iRel2 install on RHEL ES4
> >
> > This changing of /etc/redhat-release is not a very good idea. This file
> > is used by up2date and spoofing it to install software is IMHO, not a very
> > good idea. Better to use the -ignore SysPrereqs when invoking
> > runInstaller.
> >
> > -----------------
> > Ron Reidy
> >
> >

>

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