Re: Which Linux for Oracle 9i on AMD Opteron?

Haximus wrote:

>
> I was told that Oracle has a utility to check the MD5 checksums of rpm
> packages installed, if they don't match the release checksums they have
> grounds to refuse support. This is to deter people from installing Oracle
> on "Lineox" (RH AS ripoff) and variants then attempting to qualify for
> support.

A 'uname -a' should suffice.

Actually I believe this kind of system check a myth. Only the RDA could perform a similar control (the only one requested when you open a tar) but it is not so "smart".
I'm not aware of any MD5 checksome (or SHA1 or whatsover) performed on my systems.

Oracle support sometime looks for the kind of kernel modules loaded in your system. They don't like tainted kernels (so if some HP developer is reading...).

-- 
Fabrizio Magni

fabrizio.magni_at_mycontinent.com

replace mycontinent with europe