anyone working with oracle 9ir2 under the beta?

[M A Young]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> being a complete novice at oracle, i'd like to make a first attempt at
> installing oracle 9ir2.  are there any mailing lists devoted to oracle
> and linux?  i've found a number of web sites with instructions on how to
> install 9ir2 on red hat 9, but they all differ ever so subtlely in their
> instructions, and it's not clear what's really, really *necessary*
> sometimes, and what's just a good idea, but optional.

First are you installing on Redhat 9 or on severn? It does make a
difference. Also, some of the conflicting advice may be due to alternate
ways to solve the same problem.

If you are installing on severn, have a look on at the discussion on the
taroon-beta-list for ideas, as taroon is probably very similar to severn.

>  as an example, one site refers to configuring your new installation to
> use the latest JDK, while another states that oracle comes with its own
> (older) JRE, and that's just fine.

Some OUI versions (ie. runInstaller) won't work on severn/taroon due to
java-severn conflicts but do work on RHL9, which might explain the
conflicting advice.

	Michael Young