Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 09:59:50 -0600 From: Stacy Millions <stacy@millions.ca> To: freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: oracle8.1.7 on freebsd 4.3-stable Message-ID: <3B166A76.41234135@millions.ca> References: <3B1645CF.74C4D702@mindspring.com>
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Peter Choe wrote: > > okay, i have looked through the mailing list, newsgroups, and the > freebsd handbook on installing oracle. it seems to me that > everyone is doing it but me. (much like my high school years > and getting a date). Sounds like my high school years as well. Oh well, at least now I have the satisfaction of knowing that being a proffesional computer geek is very sexy :-). To quote Scott Adams: } I think it's a Darwinian thing. We're attracted to the people } who have the best ability to survive and thrive. In the old } days it was important to be able to run down an antelope and } kill it with a single blow to the forehead. } } But that skill is becoming less important every year. } } Now all that matters is if you can install your own Ethernet } card without having to call tech support and confess your } inadequacies to a stranger whose best career option is to } work in tech support. Complete article at: http://www.techweb.com/winmag/library/1995/0595/05opine.htm#a8 Back in Dec. I posted my experience installing 8.1.6. Most of it was how to trick the stupid installer to use a jre other then the one that came bundled with it. I haven't looked at 8.1.7 so I don't know how much of my experience would help, but you can find it at: http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=7927+13188+/usr/local/www/db/text/2000/freebsd-database/20001210.freebsd-database Good luck. -stacy -- Nothing spoils fun like finding out it builds character. - Calvin Stacy Millions stacy@millions.ca Millions Consulting Limited To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-database" in the body of the message
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