From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 31 15:57:56 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53D9016A4CE for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 15:57:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rader.servnow.com (rader.servnow.com [69.93.129.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1391B43D39 for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 15:57:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mikes@siralan.org) Received: from 12-202-252-157.client.insightbb.com ([12.202.252.157] helo=familysquires.net) by rader.servnow.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1COI5X-00038J-FZ; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:57:51 -0500 Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:57:54 -0500 (EST) From: "Michael L. Squires" X-X-Sender: mikes@familysquires.net To: Jon Adams In-Reply-To: <418CE152.8070105@computer.org> Message-ID: <20041031105030.Q51197@familysquires.net> References: <418CE152.8070105@computer.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - rader.servnow.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - siralan.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Oracle 8i on FreeBSD 5.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 15:57:56 -0000 Search the freebsd-messages mailing list, I think there is a web site which discusses Oracle installations later than 7.x. The other method I've seen discussed is to set up a LINUX box and install on that onto an NFS mounted directory (which has the same directory path on both the FreeBSD and LINUX boxes. Installation of 9i and 10g are covered for various LINUX distributions on the site www.puschitz.org; the RH ES3 instructions work fine for at least one RH ES3 clone, WhiteBox LINUX. All the instructions I've seen call for installing different versions of various things, such the the libraries; apparently Oracle looks for very specific versions during the install. I've never tried the installation under FreeBSD, postgreSQL is more than sufficient for me needs (since I don't need to run any Oracle-based clients). I have seen a note that all 8i versions are now de-supported by Oracle; I can also personally attest that the 9i client does not work reliably with 10g in a grid environment. Mike Squires