Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:32:32 -0500 From: Jon Adams <jkadams@computer.org> To: "Michael L. Squires" <mikes@siralan.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Oracle 8i on FreeBSD 5.1 Message-ID: <418559F0.6090201@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <20041031105030.Q51197@familysquires.net> References: <418CE152.8070105@computer.org> <20041031105030.Q51197@familysquires.net>
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Michael L. Squires wrote: > Search the freebsd-messages mailing list, I think there is a web site > which discusses Oracle installations later than 7.x. > I am using a tutorial I found using this method, but this person's install didn't run into the ins_precomp.mk bug which requires the glibc stubs, so it is rather unclear how to proceed. I really would like to proceed with the install this way, the error seems to be something that can be fixed by a -L/compat/linux/lib somewhere. I just cannot figure out where. > 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. > I also have heard this, and it will be my last course of action, but I am really hoping to avoid doing it this way > 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 have installed on Linux before, thanks for the information, as far as 9i or 10g, as I said previously, unfortunately, I am locked into 8i, it is the only version that will meet my needs. My hardware is not strong enough for 9i, and it will be a while before I can upgrade the box to something that will run 9i nicely. When I installed on the 2.4 Linux kernel in the past, it was, to say the least difficult (a 4 day process of googling and tinkering). I am somewhat shocked that noone has run into this in the past, and further why Oracle refuses to support FreeBSD natively (at least with the newer releases). > 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). > Postgres is a very solid database, and I like it alot, but I pretty much need oracle's functionality as I will be replicating databases from another Oracle machine elsewhere. I dont want to have to modify stored procedures and queries to handle differences in the RDBMS. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.
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