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 > > > > >