discuss: Planning to publish new document
Subject:
Re: Planning to publish new document
From:
Stephen Darlington ####@####.####
Date:
24 Feb 2003 19:42:23 -0000
Message-Id: <07266ED3-4830-11D7-9889-0003931E3FF4@zx81.org.uk>
> For each version of Oracle the installation is unique.
I don't think that's true, and that's why I'd argue against it (and the
Oracle on RedHat 7 document if I'd had the chance!).
The Oracle 7 HOWTO has a place as there was never an official version
of Oracle so it's a bit of a hack. You could possibly argue that it's
not necessary now.
The 8i HOWTO has a place as installing it was a huge pain in the first
place even though Oracle theoretically supported it. Following Oracle's
documentation would get you a core dump (if you were lucky). Again, you
could argue that it's not terribly contemporary now, but you couldn't
bring all the versions up to date without losing a lot of information.
The 9i installer is the same as the 8i one but with less bugs (I
managed to install it without consulting any documentation).
> I think that these HOWTOs are written to be much less complex than
> Oracle Installation Guide and more like an example, not a guide to
> easy installation.
As I suggest above, mine was written to make it possible to use Oracle
on Linux without paying vast amounts of money to Oracle support. I
think we should be furthering and advocating Linux not giving Oracle
free documentation and marketing.
Just my 2d worth...
Cheers,
--> Stephen
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Stephen Darlington (www.zx81.org.uk)
"I long for a grapefruit"
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