I also tested 10g rel1 RAC with rhl3 on vmware desktop v5. Host os was/is windoz. I second the Firewire scam. What a piece. kevin ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ranko Mosic Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 3:51 PM To: jcave@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Rodd.Holman@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Oracle in VM? I installed 10g RAC on VmWare/Windows/Linux. Works like charm ( check Oracle on Vmware cookbook on otn ). Unlike that Firewire scam. Regards, Ranko On 10/14/05, Justin Cave (DDBC) <jcave@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I believe Tom Kyte has given this setup rave reviews on his blog (http://tkyte.blogspot.com ). You may have to go back into the archives a bit to see the posts. Justin Cave <jcave@xxxxxxxxxxx> Distributed Database Consulting, Inc. http://www.ddbcinc.com -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ] On Behalf Of Rodd Holman Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 2:44 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Oracle in VM? Have any of you attempted to run Oracle in a VMWare session. I'm sure it's not authorized for production/support purposes, but for testing? playing with features? If you have, were there specific pitfalls to watch for, settings to adjust? Thanks, -- Rodd Holman Enterprise Data Systems Engineer LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation rodd.holman@xxxxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l