Ethernet card was not detecting...

Question

I am using Dell Laptop, I have a inbuild NIC card. It is working fine in my Windows OS. But it was not detecting in OEL 5.5
I have a ADSL Modem and want to connect to Internet in OEL 5.5
Is it possible to use WiFi in OEL 5.5 ???
Anyway, I want to use Internet on my OEL 5.5 laptop

Answer 1

Karumudi7 wrote:
So, you are preferring Ubuntu. I have Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop edition CD, can I go with this?
Are the things are same like the OEL? Most things, yes.
Becoz there is no root in Ubuntu directly and the command is also different $su -iThere is - simply the security model is a tad different as a desktop o/s does not have a sysadmin dude, whereas a sever o/s does have.
To access root on Ubuntu, simply use:
sudo su - root
Type your password when prompted.
Or install Open SSH Server and you can ssh (from other platforms too) into your desktop - including as root. E.g.
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
What abt bash_profile?The same. Bash is bash is bash - irrespective of the distro.
If the things are same as in the OEL for Oracle 10g manual Database Installation, I can prefer that.Well, there's very little that is "special" with an Oracle s/w installation. It is a bunch of popup windows with a next and cancel button - all you need to do is read the text and change the defaults if needed. Anybody can install Oracle software. And how often do you install Oracle s/w? Definitely not every second day.
The important bit is not the installation itself - but how you administer the database.
Finally, wat abt Kernel Parameters, Will the parameters are same for all Distros?Mostly. Cannot speak for all distros, but the ones I've worked with use the sysctl command to set kernel parameters. As distros are based on a specific Open Source/GPL Linux kernel, those kernel parameters are the same. sysctl uses the config file +/etc/sysctl.conf+ - so that will also be the same across distros.
A distro does not mean something radically different. Underneath it all, it is the same source code. The differences come with what that kernel ships. What drivers are bundled? What Window manager? What versions used (stable, experimental, etc). What software packages are included.
If you are going to use Ubuntu, then I suggest installing XE. It is free. It is great for experimenting. You can create database instances. You can destroy them. You can use rman for backup and recovery. You can write your own database create scripts. You can sudo as the oracle o/s user, manage and monitor and kill processes. Etc.