NO, you cannot.=20 Files won't be accepted by the ORACLE virtual machine. I tried and know it from experience as well as from Metalink. kr MReger >>> diegocutrone@xxxxxxxxxxxx 02/01/04 14:23 PM >>> Hi list, I know it's not possible to copy datafiles from one platform to another.=20= For example you can't copy datafiles from HPUX to AIX or from Windows to = Linux. But I am not sure about Linux and Solaris, if I remember correctly I have = installed solaris binaries into linux once. So I'm not sure about this question. Can you copy datafiles (or a complete database) from a solaris to linux? = would it work?=20 Have any of you tested it ? (I cat test it as I don't have access to a Soalris right now) Thanks for your help! Regards Diego ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------