From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 1 15:42:12 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from unix.megared.net.mx (megamail.megared.com.mx [207.249.162.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09E0F37BD39 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2000 15:42:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Received: from ales (ales.megared.net.mx [207.249.163.241]) by unix.megared.net.mx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA01487; Wed, 1 Mar 2000 17:42:32 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Message-ID: <069301bf83d7$b47161c0$020a0a0a@megared.net.mx> From: "Alejandro Ramirez" To: , References: <200003012335.AAA27891@rzpool01.rz.tu-bs.de> Subject: RE: Difficult Task: Oracle 8i EE on FBSD? Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 17:41:45 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, Try this page, it may help you: http://www.scc.nl/~marcel/howto-oracle.html Good Luck... Ales ----- Original Message ----- From: Sven Brandenburg To: Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 5:37 PM Subject: Difficult Task: Oracle 8i EE on FBSD? > Good evening, folks :-) > > I`ve chosen the righteous path to try an installation of Oracle 8i > on FBSDs Linux mode. I know. You don`t have to say anything. > Just stop reading. > You didn`t? > Ok, here`s my question,then : Did anyone complete an installation of > Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition on FBSD? I mean -- successfully? > > The problem seems to be the java installation tool ("Universal Installer"). > I`ve tried a number of different jdk/jre versions, both Linux and native > FBSD (the first seems to do better). It does run, you can choose file > locations, SID, group ids and so on. But when the actual installation > should take place, java dumps core with dust, explosions and a bulk load > of error messages. It seems to have difficulties with file access, > methods like "getUnixVolumeNames" fail. I`ve tried the following combinations: > Ora 8i 8.5.0 + FBSD jdk118 complete failure > Ora 8i 8.5.0 + Linux jdk117 works better > Ora 8i 8.5.0 + Linux jdk116v5 (jdk version recommended by Oracle) > Ora 8i 8.5.0.2 + Linux jdk116v5 (which is rumored to work with Linux itself) > > any ideas? > > best wishes and thanks in advance (for any input including "you stupid fool" ;-) > > Sven Brandenburg > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message