You know, I have an install of SuSE 8.0 that I installed 9.2.0.1 on top of and had absolutely NO problems with it... Guess it's the later releases f Linux (9.0 etc ) that just don't like to play together.... -----Original Message----- From: Mladen Gogala [mailto:mgogala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 4:12 PM To: stephenbooth.uk@xxxxxxxxx Cc: Hollis, Les; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: problem running dbca stephen booth wrote: >On 4/28/05, Hollis, Les <Les.Hollis@xxxxxx> wrote: > =20 > >>Any ideas? >>=3D20 >> =20 >> > >Sounds like you're trying to use the free version, which isn't >certified for Oracle due to library incompatibilities. There are work >arounds that let you do it (try googling) but they are a bit Heath >Robinson (i.e. a kludge) so aren't reccomended. > >Stephen > > =20 > Well, nothing is certified on freeware, but what are the friends for?=20 With enough effort, you can make it run. It's not certified, but certifiable geeks will find the way. --=20 Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA Ext. 121 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l