Actually, I think runInstaller has a command line parameter that allows you to skip these checks too.... can't remember what it is offhand, but it is in the docs. Robert Author: Oracle10g New Features from Oracle Press -----Original Message----- From: Markus Reger To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: 2/10/2004 5:11 AM Subject: **BLOCKED-BY-IHATESPAM** Antw: Oracle 10G install on Linux guess this was the solution: Disk1/install/linux/orapram.ini=20 comment out the [Certified Versions] section and it will not make any of the tests agianst the OS. >>> pegramrg@xxxxxxxxx 02/09 8:33 >>> I have been googling without any success. If I remember correctly, someone posted a solution to installing Oracle 10G on a "non supported" version of linux. I think it involved commenting out a line in a file that checks the OS platform. I don't run linux, so I trashed the thread, but a friend of mine was asking. Can someone please resend that thread to me? =20 Thanks, Rob Pegram __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/=20 FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html=20 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------