Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 14:02:01 -0700 From: steve.shoecraft@microchip.com (Steve Shoecraft) To: potok@friko.onet.pl, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re[2]: Oracle 7 on FreeBSD Message-ID: <0004B46F.1332@microchip.com>
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I too run Oracle 7 (7.3.3.5.1) on HP-UX (10.20). I thought it'd be
great if I could get it running at home on my FreeBSD box. FTP'd the
image from Oracle and installed it. Seems to work great, like I said,
except the networking (SQL*Net).
The note you attached indicated that I should install Oracle on an SCO
box, then copy the stuff over to FreeBSD. I don't have an SCO box,
and would still like to re-link SQL*Net.
Let me ask the question I have in another way:
o Is it possible to convert the SCO object files (ELF?) to what
FreeBSD uses natively (COFF?)?
o If I can't convert the object files, can I link the object files
together to make a binary?
- Steve
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Subject: RE: Oracle 7 on FreeBSD
Author: potok@friko.onet.pl at Internet_Exchange
Date: 5/4/98 11:43 AM
On 30-Apr-98 Steve Shoecraft wrote:
>
> I am running an Oracle 7 server on my FreeBSD box. I got it
> running using the SCO (ibcs2) emulation. It works great when I'm
> logged into the machine locally and run sqlplus (or oci
> applications).
>
> The problem arises when I try to use Oracle remotely (like from
> access using an Oracle 7 driver on my PC). This requires that I
> have
> a program called 'tnslsnr' running. I need to have the listener
> use
> the TCP protocol. I can't link in the protocol because all of the
> libraries are SCO and all the object files are SCO. GCC doesn't
> like
> that a whole lot.
>
Probably you have problem with SQLNet.
Below I attach mail from this mailing list. I hope it can help you.
Unfortunately I can't help you more, cause I run Oracle on HP-UX and have
no SCO on hand to try it on FreeBSD :-(.
Any way, let me know if you succed or not.
Mariusz
"verba volant,
scripta manent"
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From: Remy NONNENMACHER <remy@synx.com>
To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
Subject: Re: Oracle On Free BSD
Cc: Irfan Akber <iap@khi.compol.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Jonathan Chen wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Sep 1995, Irfan Akber wrote:
>
> [Note: your mail-setup is incorrect - you're mailing from very far in
> the past!]
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was planning to run Oracle 7.0 on FreeBSD. Does FreeBSD support
that,
> > will I be able to run Oracle on it. Please reply as it is very
important
> > for me to find out.
>
> The people you really to ask is Oracle. To the best of my knowledge,
> there isn't a native version of Oracle for FreeBSD; if there was a
> large enough demand, perhaps..
>
No hope from the Oracle side. These guys are conducting technical works
exactly like M$ : Really good DB engine, Networking written by
brain-damaged monkeys and a bunch of useless add-ons only for occupying
the field.
However, the 7.1.4.1.0 for SCO (the old one, statically linked) works
fine (and about up to 10 time faster due to better buffering handling by
FreeBSD).
Unfortunetly, you will need an old SCO (ODT is OK). Steps are :
- Install Oracle under SCO. This will link the Oracle kernel with all
modules you requested to install.
- Add an Oracle user under FreeBSD and copy the whole SCO tree under
FreeBSD
in the Oracle user's home. (To avoid problems, i put it under the same
absolute directory but i don't think it's a problem if you change env
vars).
- su to oracle
- dbstart
Enjoy !. (and wonder why SCO guys continue buying systems that takes 2-3
hours to install and handles half the cards handled by FreeBSD !!).
Ah, if you want to run that shit called SQL-Net, you will need to change
the
following in the FreeBSD ibcs2 (SCO and co) emulation :
sys/i386/ibcs2/ibcs2_ioctl.c :
around line 654 :
case IBCS2_FIONREAD: /* STREAMS */
case IBCS2_I_NREAD: /* STREAMS */
SCARG(uap, cmd) = FIONREAD;
return ioctl(p, (struct ioctl_args *)uap, retval);
(Yes, Oracle netsucks, sometime, DO polling !!!).
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