9.0.1 install on Linux, runInstaller starts, and then stops, no error messages...

[cayenne]

HI all,

I've been tossed an Oracle 7.3.4 database I have to manage...I have
the Oracle 10G client that installed on my Gentoo Linux box with no
problem. Trouble is, this client is too new to connect to the old
database.

I've found that the last version of the Oracle client I can connect
with is the 9.0.1 release. A long time back...I was able with some
playing around to get this client installed on another box....but, I
can remember what it was I had to do or the site that helped me.

I've copied all the Disk files to the HD. I run Disk1/runInstaller.

It tells me : Initializing Java Virtual Machine from
/tmp/OraInstall/jre/bin/jre Please wait....

And then it quits, and does nothing. I looked in the file:
/tmp/OraInstall/jre/bin/jre and it is empty. I looked, and my
JAVA_HOME = /opt/blackdown-jkd-1.4.1

I'm only wanting to install the client, not the database...

I've tried linking the /tmp/OraInstall/jre ->
/opt/blackdown-jkd-1.4.1/jre thinking it was having problems finding
the jre. When I did this...it didn't say it was initializing the Java
Virtual machine...just did nothing, and returned the command prompt.

I thought I remember last time, going into one of the Disk1 files, and
changing something simple and it fired right up...but, don't remember
what nor where I saw what to do....

Anyone out there with some suggestions?

TIA

chilecayenne

[Gerard H. Pille]

cayenne wrote: HI all, I've been tossed an Oracle 7.3.4 database I have to manage...I have the Oracle 10G client that installed on my Gentoo Linux box with no problem. Trouble is, this client is too new to connect to the old database. I've found that the last version of the Oracle client I can connect with is the 9.0.1 release. A long time back...I was able with some playing around to get this client installed on another box....but, I can remember what it was I had to do or the site that helped me. I've copied all the Disk files to the HD. I run Disk1/runInstaller. It tells me : Initializing Java Virtual Machine from /tmp/OraInstall/jre/bin/jre Please wait.... And then it quits, and does nothing. I looked in the file: /tmp/OraInstall/jre/bin/jre and it is empty. I looked, and my JAVA_HOME = /opt/blackdown-jkd-1.4.1 I'm only wanting to install the client, not the database... I've tried linking the /tmp/OraInstall/jre -> /opt/blackdown-jkd-1.4.1/jre thinking it was having problems finding the jre. When I did this...it didn't say it was initializing the Java Virtual machine...just did nothing, and returned the command prompt. I thought I remember last time, going into one of the Disk1 files, and changing something simple and it fired right up...but, don't remember what nor where I saw what to do.... Anyone out there with some suggestions? TIA chilecayenne
enough space in /tmp ?

if not you can define TMP or TMPDIR to point to someplace with enough room

just a guess

I would not define JAVA_HOME, since the installer comes with its own version

[Gerard H. Pille]

cayenne wrote: HI all, I've been tossed an Oracle 7.3.4 database I have to manage...I have the Oracle 10G client that installed on my Gentoo Linux box with no problem. Trouble is, this client is too new to connect to the old database. I've found that the last version of the Oracle client I can connect with is the 9.0.1 release. A long time back...I was able with some playing around to get this client installed on another box....but, I can remember what it was I had to do or the site that helped me. I've copied all the Disk files to the HD. I run Disk1/runInstaller. It tells me : Initializing Java Virtual Machine from /tmp/OraInstall/jre/bin/jre Please wait.... And then it quits, and does nothing. I looked in the file: /tmp/OraInstall/jre/bin/jre and it is empty. I looked, and my JAVA_HOME = /opt/blackdown-jkd-1.4.1 I'm only wanting to install the client, not the database... I've tried linking the /tmp/OraInstall/jre -> /opt/blackdown-jkd-1.4.1/jre thinking it was having problems finding the jre. When I did this...it didn't say it was initializing the Java Virtual machine...just did nothing, and returned the command prompt. I thought I remember last time, going into one of the Disk1 files, and changing something simple and it fired right up...but, don't remember what nor where I saw what to do.... Anyone out there with some suggestions? TIA chilecayenne

It could also be something stupid as your locale: LANG containing something
unuseable for the Java runtime