From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Mar 4 20: 8:42 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from freebsd.jazz-sax.com (adsl-64-163-65-116.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.163.65.116]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32FDE37B719 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 20:08:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ericdano@jazz-sax.com) Received: from jazz-sax.com (adsl-64-163-65-114.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.163.65.114]) by freebsd.jazz-sax.com (8.11.2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f2549El05880; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 20:09:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ericdano@jazz-sax.com) Message-ID: <3AA3116C.A64899B4@jazz-sax.com> Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 20:09:16 -0800 From: Eric Dannewitz Reply-To: ericdano@jazz-sax.com Organization: Jazz-Sax X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Calvin NG Cc: Mike Squires , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Oracle816 install References: <20010302144026.23627.qmail@web4503.mail.yahoo.com> <200103031212.f23CCd333816@ct980320-b.blmngtn1.in.home.com> <20010305113629.B55670@brel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG And that worked? Oracle 8.1.6 will run if you install it that way? Calvin NG wrote: > Greetings, > > The last time I did a install of Oracle 8.1.6 (or 8.1.7) > some 6 months back, I NFS mount the FreeBSD system to > a RH 6.1 system, and do the installation in RH onto > the mounted disk. > > I think this was dicussed somewhere and I found it using > Deja.COM (now googles). > > IIRC, it has something to do with the Java-based installer > cannot be run on FreeBSD. Its doesn't matter which JDK you > used (whether native FreeBSD port or the Linux one). > > Regards, > /calvin > > lines with :> are quotes from Mike Squires's email > :> > > :> > I have been attempting to get Oracle816 for Linux > :> > installed on my FreeBSD v42stable box. > :> > > :> > :> After some months of monitoring various Oracle newsgroups it appears that > :> the last version of Oracle to install under FreeBSD was 8.0.5, and that > :> no one had been able to install 8.1.5/6/7. > :> > :> I am wondering if it would be possible to do an install under RH 6.2 (7.0 > :> as from the CD doesn't work) and then move the binaries. This is not > :> very expensive or time consuming in a world of $20 9GB drives. > :> > :> I'd be happy to find out I'm wrong... > :> > :> Mike Squires > :> > :> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > :> with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > :> > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Back up my hard disk? I can't find the reverse switch! Eric Dannewitz - Adventurer, saxophonist, good-timer (crook? quite possibly), clarinetist, manic self-publicist, part-time flautist(flutist?), macintosher, and often thought to be completely out to lunch. http://www.jazz-sax.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message