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Tips and Techniques: Install and Configure Oracle9i on Red Hat Linux
Advanced Server
The first three modes are for older systems, which have lower video card memory
and lower resolution monitors. The Expert mode is used when hardware
autoprobing fails. This mode would take complete control over the installation
process. Rescue mode is used when the machine doesn’t boot off the hard disk and
no bootable floppy disk is available. Linux dd mode is used when the machine has
newer hardware, for which drivers are not available on Advanced Server CD. The
driver for the newer hardware is available on a disk.
2. The next step is to select the language to use during installation.
3. Followed by the selection of keyboard and mouse setup (“Simulate 3 button
mouse” is chosen, if the system has a 2 button mouse).
4. Next step is to choose the installation type,
- Advanced Server (It is the recommended choice for 9i R2 database
installation)
- Custom (This option provides a more detailed and flexible package group
selection. The downside is, it is very time consuming. If “install all packages”
is selected, /usr partition requires around 6 GB of disk space.)
5. Partition setup, the next step, is the most critical step in the whole installation
process. Poor partition selection may result in very poor overall performance. The
following options would be listed.
- Automatic. (Use of this option is not recommended, as only / and /boot
partitions are created and also very little swap is used.)
- Disk Druid. (This is the recommended option, because of the ease of use and
flexibility)
- fdisk. (This option is suited for expert fdisk users. It provides the same features
and flexibility as the preceding option, but without the naive user-friendly
interface)
On a system, where a single instance Oracle9i R2 database is to be deployed, the
following partitions are recommended on the OS disk (18GB in size),
/ 2 GB
/boot 64 MB
/tmp 1 GB
/usr 3 GB (3 GB Advanced Server install, 7 GB for all package
install)
/var 512 MB
swap (at least size of physical memory)
/home 2 GB (Can be more if required)
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