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On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 07:40, Lothar Joeckel wrote:> Starting Oracle Universal Installer... > Checking installer requirements... > Checking operating system version: must be redhat-2.1, redhat-3, > SuSE-9, SuSE-8 or UnitedLinux-1.0 > Failed <<<<As suggested on page http://www.puschitz.com/InstallingOracle10g.shtml you need to change the redhat-release file to fool the installer. su - root cp /etc/redhat-release /etc/redhat-release.backup cat > /etc/redhat-release << EOF Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3 (Taroon) EOF
On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 15:40 +0100, Lothar Joeckel wrote:> Hi, > i try to install Oracle 10g on CentOS4 but the installer > (runInstaller) > fails with: > . > Checking operating system version: must be redhat-2.1, redhat-3, > SuSE-9, SuSE-8 or UnitedLinux-1.0 > Failed <<<<You need to change the contents of /etc/redhat-release The file has to contain the original redhat string. I don''t remember what it is, but you can google it up quickly. Regards
Lothar Joeckel wrote:> Hi, > i try to install Oracle 10g on CentOS4 but the installer (runInstaller) > fails with: > > Starting Oracle Universal Installer... > Checking installer requirements... > Checking operating system version: must be redhat-2.1, redhat-3, SuSE-9, > SuSE-8 or UnitedLinux-1.0 > Failed <<<< >What you have to do is edit the /etc/redhat-release file and change it to: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3 (Taroon) then run the installer again. Eric Toczek Systems Administrator INSTALLS inc 241 Main Street 5th Floor Buffalo, NY 14203 800-344-4856 ext 1437
Actually all you have to do is have a 3 in the /etc/redhat-release file. I usually just add a 3 at the end before the install and then remove it afterwards.... Silly, I know... Tarun On Mar 9, 2005, at 7:54 AM, Eric Toczek wrote:> Lothar Joeckel wrote: >> Hi, >> i try to install Oracle 10g on CentOS4 but the installer >> (runInstaller) >> fails with: >> Starting Oracle Universal Installer... >> Checking installer requirements... >> Checking operating system version: must be redhat-2.1, redhat-3, >> SuSE-9, SuSE-8 or UnitedLinux-1.0 >> Failed <<<< > > What you have to do is edit the /etc/redhat-release file and change it > to: > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3 (Taroon) > > then run the installer again. > > > Eric Toczek > Systems Administrator > INSTALLS inc > 241 Main Street > 5th Floor > Buffalo, NY 14203 > 800-344-4856 ext 1437 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@caosity.org > http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
And actually since we were on the subject, Oracle has updated 10g install notes for RHEL4 http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/smiley_10gdb_install.html Tarun On Mar 9, 2005, at 9:36 AM, Tarun Reddy wrote:> Actually all you have to do is have a 3 in the /etc/redhat-release > file. I usually just add a 3 at the end before the install and then > remove it afterwards.... > > Silly, I know... > > Tarun > > > On Mar 9, 2005, at 7:54 AM, Eric Toczek wrote: > >> Lothar Joeckel wrote: >>> Hi, >>> i try to install Oracle 10g on CentOS4 but the installer >>> (runInstaller) >>> fails with: >>> Starting Oracle Universal Installer... >>> Checking installer requirements... >>> Checking operating system version: must be redhat-2.1, redhat-3, >>> SuSE-9, SuSE-8 or UnitedLinux-1.0 >>> Failed <<<< >> >> What you have to do is edit the /etc/redhat-release file and change >> it to: >> >> Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3 (Taroon) >> >> then run the installer again. >> >> >> Eric Toczek >> Systems Administrator >> INSTALLS inc >> 241 Main Street >> 5th Floor >> Buffalo, NY 14203 >> 800-344-4856 ext 1437 >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@caosity.org >> http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@caosity.org > http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
The relevant info is this: For RHEL4 Only: The Oracle Universal Installer will check the operating system release to verify that it is a supported release. As of Oracle Database 10g 10.1.0.3, the installer does not recognize RHEL4 as a supported release. The workaround is to follow the steps below prior to running runInstaller. cp /etc/redhat-release /etc/redhat-release.orig cat > /etc/redhat-release << EOF Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3 (Taroon) EOF I wanted to check because no one explained why you would make such a change. Some software will not work if your redhat-release is in a Centos flavor but in this case the problem is the new version number which Oracle does not know about. In this case, it is an Oracle problem not a CentOS problem. John. PS: why O why does the CentOS-3 release file not look like "CentOS Enterprise Linux AS release 3 (Taroon)"? put your fancy stuff into centos-release... Tarun Reddy wrote:> And actually since we were on the subject, Oracle has updated 10g > install notes for RHEL4 > > http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/smiley_10gdb_install.html > > Tarun > > > On Mar 9, 2005, at 9:36 AM, Tarun Reddy wrote: > >> Actually all you have to do is have a 3 in the /etc/redhat-release >> file. I usually just add a 3 at the end before the install and then >> remove it afterwards.... >> >> Silly, I know... >> >> Tarun >> >> >> On Mar 9, 2005, at 7:54 AM, Eric Toczek wrote: >> >>> Lothar Joeckel wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> i try to install Oracle 10g on CentOS4 but the installer (runInstaller) >>>> fails with: >>>> Starting Oracle Universal Installer... >>>> Checking installer requirements... >>>> Checking operating system version: must be redhat-2.1, redhat-3, >>>> SuSE-9, SuSE-8 or UnitedLinux-1.0 >>>> Failed <<<< >>> >>> >>> What you have to do is edit the /etc/redhat-release file and change >>> it to: >>> >>> Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3 (Taroon) >>> >>> then run the installer again. >>> >>> >>> Eric Toczek >>> Systems Administrator >>> INSTALLS inc >>> 241 Main Street >>> 5th Floor >>> Buffalo, NY 14203 >>> 800-344-4856 ext 1437 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS@caosity.org >>> http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@caosity.org >> http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@caosity.org > http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > >-- John Newbigin Computer Systems Officer Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.it.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin