I am trying to install Oracle database 10g R2 on RedHat Linux 5.

The installation goes fine till the Oracle Net Configuration Assistant
but the DBCA hangs. I have selected to create a starter database with
sample schemas. I waited for about 4 hours to let DBCA finish its
work. The "top" command shows that the oracle user process is taking
about 1% of the CPU. It just gets stuck.

I checked all the Hardware/Software requirements, Kernel parameter
configuration etc. All the requirements specified in the Installation
guide have been met.

If anyone on this forum has encountered the same problem, could you
please let me know how you resolved it ?

Thanks in advance.

Ora_DBA schreef:
I THINK I remember somethong like this. Do you see an SQL Plus window
open when this happens? Or any percentage completed?

Shakespeare

Shakespeare schrieb:
It is not quite cleare, at which stage of creation it stucks, but one of
possibilities is - after dbca is ready, netca will be launched, but its
window is overlapped by dbca, so to bring it into foreground, one
should either move the dbca window around or utilize keyboard ...
But maybe it is totally another issue of course.

Best regards

Maxim

On Jan 27, 3:56*pm, Shakespeare <what... (AT) xs4all (DOT) nl> wrote:
No, I don't see any SQLPlus window open or any percentage completed
bar.

thanks.

On Jan 27, 4:05*pm, Maxim Demenko <mdeme... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
I tried that. It didn't work.

thanks.

Ora_DBA wrote:
I started off with V5.2, and it definitely did not support Oracle.
RH 6.0 and 6.2 were a RPITA to get Oracle running.
I suspect you are running something else - Fedora 6, perhaps?
ES 5.0?

Did you check the Linux/Oracle installation wizard site?
It's at http://www.puschitz.com/InstallingOracle9i.shtml
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Regards,
Frank van Bortel

On 28.01.2009 10:55, Frank van Bortel wrote:
I interpreted OP that he is running on RH EL 5. I have successfully set
up 10.2.0.4 on a CentOS 5 which should be identical to RH EL 5 (apart
from the OS name). So I am suspecting a hardware or driver issue or
misapplication of Oracle's installation documentation.

Kind regards

robert

On Jan 28, 1:18*pm, Robert Klemme <shortcut... (AT) googlemail (DOT) com> wrote:
Yes, it is CentOS 5 which is identical to RH EL5. I will check with
Linux Admin.

Thanks

On Jan 28, 4:55*am, Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bor... (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
wrote:
Yes, I checked the Linux installation wizard site. Everything looks
fine as far as Kernel parameters and the overall setup is concerned.

Thanks.

Ora_DBA schrieb:
Still it is not quite clear, at which step the database setup hang.
As already mentioned by Robert, in general Oracle 10g setup on Cent OS
5.2 runs smoothly, so you have probably, at some place, done settings,
which don't conform with Oracle requirements. If i would troubleshoot
such kind of problem, i would probably first consult all generated log
files and then recheck the most common pitfalls, such as
1) verify , all required packages are installed
2) network settings ( no dhcp, no IPv6, hostname resolved in /etc/hosts)
3) kernel parameters and security parameters ( selinux disabled, right
values in limits.conf)

Best regards

Maxim