Oracle9iR2 on Red Hat EL4

Environment:-
Red Hat EL4 (VM)

Task:-
Install Oracle9iR2 (9.2.04)
Upgrade to 9.2.0.5
Create Application Database

Issue List:-
1) Issue:-
Error while executing runInstaller

Stack Trace:-
Unable to load native library: /tmp/OraInstall2005-07-06_04-59-14PM/jre/lib/i386/libjava.so: symbol _libc_wait, version GLIBC_2.0 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference.

Resolution:-

This is a known Oracle issue, from Metalink:
Fix Please download and install the patch for Bug 3006854 available in Metalink.
Read the installation instructions in the readme.txt file included in the patch : - unzip p3006854_9204_LINUX.zip
- Login as the root user,
- Set your current directory to the directory where the patch is located.
- sh rhel3_pre_install.sh

2) Issue:-
disk location pop up is not accepting Disk2

Stack Trace:-
n/a

Resolution:-
disk.label file was missing in 'Disk2\stage\'.

File contet is as follows:-
[General]
Label=Oracle9204
Number=3
Size=645.0
ReservedSize=18.0

I solved the issue by uncompressing the file again but can be tried by creating disk.lable file as well.

3) Issue:-
OS check failed while upgrading oracle 9.2.04 to 9.2.0.5 on Red Hat EL 4

Stack Trace:-
n/a

Resoultion:-

Execute runInstaller with -ignoreSysPrereqs option
./runInstaller -ignoreSysPrereqs

4) Issue:-
dbca failure

Stack Trace:-

/oradata/oracle/jre/1.1.8/bin/../lib/i686/green_threads/libzip.so: symbol errno, version GLIBC_2.0 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference (libzip.so)
Unable to initialize threads: cannot find class java/lang/Thread
Could not create Java VM

Resolution:-

export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1


Useful Links for Oracle 9iR2 Installation on Linux:-
http://www.puschitz.com/OracleOnLinux.shtml
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/9i/Oracle9iInstallationOnRedHatAS4AndCentos4.php
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2003/09/04/oracle_install.html


Enjoy Installing!!!!