With the 10g installer, you can pass it the -ignoreSysPrereqs flag and it will happily start up on any flavor of Linux. Justin Cave Distributed Database Consulting, Inc. http://www.ddbcinc.com/askDDBC -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Payton Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 2:55 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Linux Support Does anyone know why Oracle does not support a client for the freely =3D available Linux distributions such as Redhat 9 or Fedora? I can =3D understand not supporting every flavor of Linux for the Database Server, =3D but at least provide a client. With 8i and 9i I have been able to work =3D around the issues, but it appears that 10g runInstaller checks the OS =3D version and refuses to start. In many cases I just want to = run tora, =3D and would prefer not to pay $500 for a license of ES to do so. Kenny Payton Sr. Database Administrator =3D20 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------