RE: Oracle 8i R2 on a woody box
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> I can get it to install fine, and the listener will run properly, but on
> creation of a database, dbassist stops at 2% and sits there (the second
> stage, "Creating Database Files"). I noticed that Oracle pretty much
> requires the original-awk installed, with a link to /bin/awk from
> /usr/bin/awk.
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oracle also expects a few kernel and glibc tweaks debian is not currently
doing. I suspect you will have to run RH 6.2 for now, however Debian and
Oracle will work together in the (hopefully near) future.
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