HP-UX - Oracle 8.1.7

[ckwan]

Hi everyone,
Anyone know the Oracle Database 8.1.7 Install on the HP-UX ver 11.0 ?
Why I couldn't run the installer ? I typed the statement as folllow : $ /cdrom
$ ./runInstaller

After this, the error message the command entered not found. I had followed the Installation Guide. Anyone know the reason ? Please let me know.


Thanks

[rcaballe]

Can you see the file if you do an "$ ls"?
Are you mounting the CD right? (silly question, but you know)
I remember than in HP you mount on /SD_CDROM
I hope it helps.

[pss]

As far as I remember you should mount the CD using pfs_mount (or psf_mount) command. It mounts CD to SD_CDROM directory but you should tune pfs_mount (psf_mount) first. You can find additional information in Oracle installation guide or man page.

Sergey.

[ckolik]

Sergey is right. On HP, you have to use the pfs commands (pfs_mount, pfsd, pfs_mountd, pfs_umount) to be able to correctly read the files on the CD as they are in ISO 9660 format with Rockridge extensions (anyone know why this only happens with HP cds? I don't quite understand the significance of ISO 9660 w/ Rockridge extensions, myself). If you mount using normal mount commands, you probably see everything as uppercase. Chap 3 of the Oracle 8i Installation Guide (at least that's what it was for 8.1.6) will show the steps required for mounting the CD using the pfs commands.

Also, SD_CDROM is just an example mount point. I've mounted to /cdrom with success.

[rcaballe]

Of course :D
I mentioned /SD_CDROM because the manual does, it's and example, could be anything not used.
See ya!

[ckwan]

Hi Everyone,
Thanks for overwhelming feedback.
I mounted the cd using the command -> mount /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /cdrom

Is this mean I mounted using this command cannot see the installer ? In fact, I can see the files in CD using ls command in /CDROM directory.

Even though I can the all the files in CD, I found the runinstaller had 'changed' to runInstall.; any reason ? I believe this cause the runInstaller cannot be found.

Thanks again.

[ckwan]

Hi,
The problem on the CDROM is been solved after I did the following :
edit edit file /etc/pfs_fstab file and add the syntax

<device_file><mount_point><filesystem><translation_method>
eg : /dev/dsk/c1t2d0/SD_ROM pfs-rrip xlat=unix 1.0

After that,
#nohup /usr/sbin/pfs_mountd &
#nohup /usr/sbin/pfsd &

#/usr/sbin/pfs_mount -t rrip -x unix /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /SD_CDROM

Now, I am able to run the installer but another problem comes out. Can't connect to X11 Window Server using "vt220" .... Anybody can tell me the reason ?

Thanks for the reply

[rcaballe]

Are you in the console, right?
Try the following from a shell connected as root
$ xhost +
This enable everybody (host) to use the X Server, after install
$ xhost -
This disable the same.