Oracle has been saying for over a year that they only want to support Oracle on certified Linux combos. Having said that, the cheapest I'm aware of, RedHat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Server (RHEL ES) is only $400 or so. Oh, and I'll be nice. For RHAS 2.1 Update 2, this is the uname [applprod@oradb sql]$ uname -a Linux servername 2.4.9-e.3smp #1 SMP Fri May 3 16:48:54 EDT 2002 i686 unknown J p.s. Please, no one give me any BS about IANAL At 12:05 PM 02/02/2004, Mladen Gogala wrote: >Well, if necessary, we'll compile /usr/local/bin/uname and make sure it >returns the desired information. Uname will consist of few printfs and >will take exactly the same command line arguments as the original one. >By the way, I don't think oracle wants to do that, because there would >be quite an uproar. There are other databases and mindshare will sooner >or later transform into the market share. Believe me, Oracle does not >want to restrict their flagship database to $3000 Linux versions only, >because that would make the door wide open for competition like DB/2 >and PosgresSQL. >If nothing else, you can always get a Java decompiler from slashdot, >inspect the source code and rig the part that checks the OS version >appropriately. On the other hand, this might be just another way of >hiding the "quality" of the code. Trick would be to make 10g available >for supported Linux only, which is run by very few people and do not >make the RDBMS widely available until it's fixed. That would confirm >the information I've already discussed on this group and usenet. > > > >On 02/02/2004 12:35:20 PM, "Jesse, Rich" wrote: > > Yes, those are the "certified" Linux releases, but Oracle versions > > prior to > > 10g could be installed on other distros. The screenshots seem to > > indicate > > that the Installer now checks which Linux you're running, which leads > > me > > back to the original question. > > > > Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator > > rich.jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxx Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI > > USA > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mladen Gogala [mailto:mladen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 10:26 AM > > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: Will 10g install on any Linux??? > > > > > > On 02/02/2004 11:04:04 AM, "Jesse, Rich" wrote: > > > According to screenshots from > > > http://otn.oracle.com/obe/obe10gdb/install/linuxinst/linuxinst.htm > > it > > > looks > > > like the installer checks to see if it's running on a "certified" > > > Linux. I > > > thought the latest line was that Oracle would support running on > > any > > > Linux? > > > > > > Here is what I was able to dig up: > > Application Tier Certifications > > OS Product Server Status Addtl. Info. Components Other Issues > > > > [snip] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > > -- > > Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > > FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >---------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. >-- >Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ >FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html >----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------