Re: Will 10g install on any Linux???
- From: Peter Gram <peter.gram@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 20:44:34 +0100
There is a file where the installer check's what is supported, you can
specify what ever youre OS returns
from uname -a :-)
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]
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