From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 16 18:47:18 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 16 18:47:16 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net (snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.120.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CCB337B400 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 18:47:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from bsdbox.gregory.earthlink.net (1Cust135.tnt1.warrenton.va.da.uu.net [63.20.81.135]) by snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net (EL-8_9_3_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA19250; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 18:47:09 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 21:46:41 -0500 (EST) From: freebsduser X-Sender: freebsduser@bsdbox.gregory.earthlink.net To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: Pat Wendorf , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Oracle 8i Solaris x86 Version In-Reply-To: <20001216151632.T96105@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Oracle 8.0.5 (for Linux) runs great on FreeBSD. I have not tried 8.1.[67] yet, but some -questions posts in the last month showed problems getting the DB installed due to java problems (I think). Check out "Oracle install revisited" from Nov 18. Scott On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Crist J. Clark wrote: > On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 05:19:44PM -0500, Pat Wendorf wrote: > > I was wondering if it was possible to get the Solaris x86 version of > > Oracle 8i running on FreeBSD under some sort of compatability mode? I > > checked the CD out and it seems to come with Solaris, Unixware and > > DGUnix installers. > > The Linux Oracle (no idea what versions) runs under FreeBSD. In fact, > although I don't really want to start this flame war again, I should > mention that some people claim the Linux versions runs _better_ under > FreeBSD than Linux. > > To my knowledge, FreeBSD does not have any binary compatibility with > Solaris x86. > -- > Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message