Re: 9iRel2 install on RHEL ES4

BTW, RHEL4 is recognized as a valid OS by the 10.1.0.4
<http://10.1.0.4>installer, so this is rapidly becoming a moot point.
 John

 On 6/22/05, John Smiley <jrsmiley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> 
> That's interesting. I've heard exactly the opposite from several folks, 
> including Werner. By ignoring the system prerequisites, you forego allowing 
> the installer to check for other important factors such as memory, swap, 
> disk space, etc. It seems to me that spoofing the installer while allowing 
> all other checks to be be made is a pretty good idea. 
>  The change is only temporary while installing Oracle. The original 
> contents are restored after the install, so no impact on up2date.
>  John Smiley 
> 
>  On 6/22/05, Jesse, Rich <Rich.Jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> 
> >  Agreed. And in cases where the Oracle Installer is itself installed 
> > using ignoreSysPrereqs, I'll instead modify $OUI_HOME/oraparams.ini to add 
> > the "offending" OS, just in case some if the SysPrereqs should not be met 
> > in 
> > the future. 
> >  My $.02,
> > Rich
> > 
> >  -----Original Message-----
> > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Reidy, Ron 
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 22, 2005 11:59 AM
> > *To:* jrsmiley@xxxxxxxxx; joe_dba@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > *Cc:* oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; stellr@xxxxxxxxxx
> > *Subject:* RE: 9iRel2 install on RHEL ES4
> > 
> > This changing of /etc/redhat-release is not a very good idea. This file 
> > is used by up2date and spoofing it to install software is IMHO, not a very 
> > good idea. Better to use the -ignore SysPrereqs when invoking 
> > runInstaller.
> >  
> > ----------------- 
> > Ron Reidy 
> > 
> > 
>

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