Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 21:38:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Sophos <firethf@ix.netcom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Oracle once more! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970913213643.918N-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3414C63E.6D7C@ix.netcom.com>
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On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Sophos wrote: > Some time ago I asked about Oracle on FreeBSD... you answered... > hopefully, but not necessarily encouragingly!!! > > I've recently been on the Alt.Oracle.Marketplace and picked up the > following: > > "The reason Linux can run Oracle for SCO is that Linux supports > something called iBCS - I wouldn't be surprised if FreeBSD does too." > > Is it possible that FreeBSD can do something and your people just don't > know it? > > I'm getting ready to install freeBSD on an entirely new, clean disk... > I'd be willing to experiment under the guidance of one of your > experts... > > Thanks for your attention!!! They don't lie. FreeBSD does have some support for SCO binaries. The shared libraries are a bit of a trick; you may need to borrow some from a SCO box. I don't know if Oracle runs specifically. I may be confusing it w/ something else but there is a script kit out to get Oracle or another major package working under Linux which also works for FreeBSD. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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