[gentoo-user] Installing Oracle 9iR2

2005-02-27 Thread Konstantinos Agouros
Hi, I am trying to install Oracle 9i Release2. I had to change the java-binary and replace it with a link to the blackdown jdk because of LIBC incompatibilities. Now when I start runInstaller a window opens after the splash screen, I have a whole lot of java processes of which (according to top

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Oracle 9iR2

2005-02-28 Thread Frank Schafer
Hi, did you check all the Oracle prerequisites? I had very similar behaviour on a machine with insufficient amount of (physical) memory. Regards Frank PS: You could try installing via ``automatic response file'' avoiding the ``Universal Installer'' which is (hmm, Java) simply a ressource eater.

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Oracle 9iR2

2005-02-28 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, If I remember correctly, you'll have a hard time installing the database unless you can run the older version of Java: the NetCA that runs to create your database and setup your tnsnames.ora file requires JDK 1.1 and won't work on any newer version (it will complain about permissions or som

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Oracle 9iR2

2005-02-28 Thread Konstantinos Agouros
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Schafer) writes: >Hi, >did you check all the Oracle prerequisites? I had very similar behaviour >on a machine with insufficient amount of (physical) memory. 1gig of ram should be enough for the installer. The trick with the window was -Y in the SSH-

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Oracle 9iR2

2005-02-28 Thread Konstantinos Agouros
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Boot) writes: >This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. >--ms030105070203050509070101 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Hi, >If I remember correctly, you'll

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Oracle 9iR2

2005-02-28 Thread Antoine
Chris Boot wrote: Hi, If I remember correctly, you'll have a hard time installing the database unless you can run the older version of Java: the NetCA that runs to create your database and setup your tnsnames.ora file requires JDK 1.1 and won't work on any newer version (it will complain about p

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Oracle 9iR2

2005-02-28 Thread Kashani
Antoine wrote: There is a guy that works at oracle that uses Gentoo. He has got it (9i, I guess R2) running fine and has instructions somewhere. He may mention something cos I think he reads this list. It certainly doesn't require gcc 2.95. I think I had it completely installed but seeing as I k