February 2007 Archives

February 25, 2007
Windows vs Linux x86 install for Oracle 10gR2 Lets do a very brief compare and contrast of installing Oracle 10g for Windows vs Linux. - Windows install requires 256 Mb of memory - Linux (I'm using Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 AKA RHEL) *requires* 1Gb of RAM - Windows,... MORE...
Posted by choppen5 at 05:25 PM


February 23, 2007
Install Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 Well, it should be a little scary when an application company (Oracle) distributes a better OS than an OS company (Sun). I guess Sun is already scared... but Oracle Enterprise Linux, which apparently is just Red Hat Linux 4 redistrubted,... MORE...
Posted by choppen5 at 09:02 PM


February 19, 2007
What not to do with your spare time 1. Do not download Solaris x86 2. Do not spend hours installing Solaris x86 on the super slow install cds 3. Do not expect Solaris x86 to work with your hardware, especially your NIC cards like Linux would 4. Do... MORE...
Posted by choppen5 at 05:25 PM


February 17, 2007
Siebel on Linux vs Solaris x86 Well, if the date on edelivery.oracle.com is right, the actual release date for Siebel on Linux is 2/16/2007. That is following press releases that mention that Siebel would be supported on Linux. Could this be the first blog to mention... MORE...
Posted by choppen5 at 09:00 AM