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.
>>>
>>>
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