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From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com>
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Subject: Re: Oracle once more!
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On Mon, Sep 08, 1997 at 08:45:02PM -0700, 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!!!
> 
> Nick Polimeni
> 

Yes, you can run the SCO version of Oracle on FreeBSD.  Myself and a
co-worker got Oracle running on FreeBSD once. We did'nt do much
testing. Just loaded 1 millon records, 5 key fields, sort on a couple of
keys, and do a couple of sequential reads across the database. The setup is
kinda tricky and a number of the setup and install scripts need to be
hacked to fix the differences between SCO and FreeBSD. THe following is a
URL to a web page that should start you on your way.

    http://www.wmd.de/wmd/staff/pauck/misc/oracle_on_linux.html

Good Luck !


Josef

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