Re: Oracle 9i on Linux

[Theodore Knab <tjk@annapolislinux.org>]

I also heard that Oracle uses its own filesystem on top of 
whatever filesystem you use.

Additionally, the RedHat people compile special kernels for
running Oracle. You might want to see why.

This howto might be helpful even though it is for RedHat.
http://www.puschitz.com/OracleOnLinux.shtml

>On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 10:34:10PM +0100, Russell Coker wrote:
>Does anyone know much about Oracle on Linux?  If so can you please give me 
>some quick advice on how difficult it is to install, whether it runs well on 
>Debian, etc.

>Also I am particularly interested in an overview of how the different Oracle 
>processes interact.