Oracle Install on Mandrake Linux 9.1 (Dell Laptop 600)

Question

I have a full install of Oracle 10G running on a Dell Laptop using Mandrake Linux 9.1:
First I did an install of the OS, I built the swap file to be 2GIGs, the /oracle partition as 5GIGS and the /home partition as 25GIGS.
I made sure to choose the Development packages and the Office packages, I did not choose any of the WEB and other stuff.
As root, edit the file /etc/sysctl.conf. Add the following lines to the end of the file:
kernel.shmall = 2097152
kernel.shmmax = 2147483648
kernel.shmmni = 4096
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
fs.file-max = 65536
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
As root, issue the following commands at a terminal:
groupadd oinstall
groupadd dba
useradd –g oinstall –G dba oracle
passwd oracle <supply new password>
You then need to set up the new user’s environment variables. Edit the file /home/oracle/.bashrc and add the following between the “# User specific aliases and functions” and the “# Source global definitions” lines. In Mandrake Linux all I did was edit the /etc/profile file and add the below at the end. This way all users get the added. Works like a charm.
ORACLE_SID=lx10g
ORACLE_BASE=/oracle
ORACLE_HOME=/oracle/10g
PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH:.
export ORACLE_SID ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_HOME PATH
You can choose what you like for the ORACLE_SID: it represents what you will eventually call your database.
Make install directories, In my case, for example, I did this:
mkdir /oracle
mkdir /oracle/10g
chown -R oracle:oinstall /oracle
First when you try to run the Universal Installer do the following:
./runInstaller -ignoreSysPrereqs (this gets you by the error on the OS)
Then just follow the normal screens and at the end you should have a complete system. There is a bug in the installer and you will need to re-run the ./runInstaller and selct just the ISQLPlus* and it will then only re-install this package. It seems it misses it during the initial install. I also suggest downloading the Compaign CD and installing the APACHE and HTMDB using the same as above when running the ./runInstaller as everything else is already setup.

Answer 1

check pre-requisites for a Linux OS here:
Installation Guide for UNIX Systems: AIX-Based Systems, Compaq Tru64 UNIX, HP 9000 Series HP-UX, Linux Intel and Sun Solaris Contents / Search / Index / PDF
http://otn.oracle.com/pls/db92/db92.docindex?remark=homepage
Remember that the OS has to be certified to install
Oracle sucessfully.
Joel P�rez