You need to patch the Oracle binaries to get 8.0.5 running on glibc-2.1 based systems. Please follow <http://jordan.fortwayne.com/oracle/rh6x.html> for details.
HTH, Remco On Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 00:54, Robert Varga wrote: > I have tried to install oracle 8.0.5 on a slink machine upgraded to > glibc2.1.2 . Kernel is 2.2.13. The machine is a Pentium-III 600. > > However during install, it could not create the databases since the > program svrmgrl segfaulted when trying to create the database files. > > I ignored the error and continued the install. It did not create the > database files but did not give any other error messages. > > However when I tried to run sqlplus, it also segfaulted. I presume all > others would segfault as well. > > I managed to install the 8.0.5 on another machine with glibc2.0.7 and > kernel 2.2, so I think the problem is with glibc2.1 > > What should I do to make oracle work? > > Robert Varga -- coup technology spy ETA CRI Lebed Roel van Duin explosion KGB KFOR CAST assassination jihad reefer MI5 AK-47 Echelon plutonium Beatrix