Hi there!

I'm pretty new to the world of AIX!

I want to install Oracle 8.1.7 (64 bits) on a H70 running AIX 5.3. From
what I know, it seems the kernel is 64 bits (/unix is a symlink to
/idontremember/unix_64

Well... You get the idea..

The installation went well until the linking process and then... I got
error all over...

Does anyone have a succesful install in this kind of setup?

Thanks, best regards!

Delerium wrote:

> I'm pretty new to the world of AIX!

And to Oracle too?

> I want to install Oracle 8.1.7 (64 bits) on a H70 running AIX 5.3.
> From what I know, it seems the kernel is 64 bits (/unix is a symlink
> to /idontremember/unix_64
>
> Well... You get the idea..

Yep.

> The installation went well until the linking process and then... I got
> error all over...
>
> Does anyone have a succesful install in this kind of setup?

Yep. Look at metalink and find the answer.

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Michael Prix wrote:
> Delerium wrote:
>
>
>>I'm pretty new to the world of AIX!
>
>
> And to Oracle too?

Nope... install it on Solaris alot of time.

>
>
>>I want to install Oracle 8.1.7 (64 bits) on a H70 running AIX 5.3.
>>From what I know, it seems the kernel is 64 bits (/unix is a symlink
>>to /idontremember/unix_64
>>
>>Well... You get the idea..
>
>
> Yep.
>
>
>>The installation went well until the linking process and then... I got
>>error all over...
>>
>>Does anyone have a succesful install in this kind of setup?
>
>
> Yep. Look at metalink and find the answer.
>

Well.. I check out metalink and it seems Oracle 8.1.7 is not
supported on AIX 5.3. I also try to disable the 64 application
support in AIX using smit. Same result...

Well...

This is a problem that is close to my heart and the difficulties I have
experienced over the last few years.... If I am correct the following is
true......and this is something I have looked at at work.

1) Oracle 8.1.7 64-bit is NOT support above AIX 4.3.3

2) The reason is that 8.1.7 64-bit uses the 64-bit binary format of AIX
4.3.2 and above which is different to the 64-bit format of AIX 5.1 and
above. Yes - IBM do NOT maintain binary compatibility across versions.

Thus, it just won't work. 32-bit will work, or a later 64-bit version will
work.

Cheers

Colin


On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Delerium wrote:

>
>
> Hi there!
>
> I'm pretty new to the world of AIX!
>
> I want to install Oracle 8.1.7 (64 bits) on a H70 running AIX 5.3. From what
> I know, it seems the kernel is 64 bits (/unix is a symlink to
> /idontremember/unix_64
>
> Well... You get the idea..
>
> The installation went well until the linking process and then... I got error
> all over...
>
> Does anyone have a succesful install in this kind of setup?
>
> Thanks, best regards!
>

Colin Renouf

"AIX is user friendly. It's just choosy who its friends are."

you need to change /unix symlink to 32-bit kernel and reboot

This is from the IBM System Support Cert Guide:

The following files are kernel images in the /usr/lib/boot directory:

1. unix_up (32-bit kernel -> uniprocessor systems)
2. unix_mp (32-bit kernel -> multiprocessor systems)
3. unix_64 (64-bit kernel -> 64-bit processor systems)

Part of the process of setting the kernel to boot a specific image is by
creating a link from /unix to /usr/lib/boot/(kernel to boot) where kernel to
boot is one of the above listed.
So basically, it just points to the kernel your system is booting.

Also, the bootinfo -y command will identify type of hardware the system has
as well as the type of kernels it will support.


"Delerium" <delerium_27@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:W8%9e.9026$9G.675139@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Hi there!
>
> I'm pretty new to the world of AIX!
>
> I want to install Oracle 8.1.7 (64 bits) on a H70 running AIX 5.3. From
> what I know, it seems the kernel is 64 bits (/unix is a symlink to
> /idontremember/unix_64
>
> Well... You get the idea..
>
> The installation went well until the linking process and then... I got
> error all over...
>
> Does anyone have a succesful install in this kind of setup?
>
> Thanks, best regards!

....and install 32-bit oracle if you want 8.x

"Sergey Kamyanov" <ncux@x-planet.org> wrote in message
news:426b92c4_1@x-privat.org...
> you need to change /unix symlink to 32-bit kernel and reboot
>
> This is from the IBM System Support Cert Guide:
>
> The following files are kernel images in the /usr/lib/boot directory:
>
> 1. unix_up (32-bit kernel -> uniprocessor systems)
> 2. unix_mp (32-bit kernel -> multiprocessor systems)
> 3. unix_64 (64-bit kernel -> 64-bit processor systems)
>
> Part of the process of setting the kernel to boot a specific image is by
> creating a link from /unix to /usr/lib/boot/(kernel to boot) where kernel
> to boot is one of the above listed.
> So basically, it just points to the kernel your system is booting.
>
> Also, the bootinfo -y command will identify type of hardware the system
> has as well as the type of kernels it will support.
>
>
> "Delerium" <delerium_27@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:W8%9e.9026$9G.675139@news20.bellglobal.com...
>> Hi there!
>>
>> I'm pretty new to the world of AIX!
>>
>> I want to install Oracle 8.1.7 (64 bits) on a H70 running AIX 5.3. From
>> what I know, it seems the kernel is 64 bits (/unix is a symlink to
>> /idontremember/unix_64
>>
>> Well... You get the idea..
>>
>> The installation went well until the linking process and then... I got
>> error all over...
>>
>> Does anyone have a succesful install in this kind of setup?
>>
>> Thanks, best regards!
>
>

Sergey Kamyanov wrote:
> ...and install 32-bit oracle if you want 8.x
>
> "Sergey Kamyanov" <ncux@x-planet.org> wrote in message
> news:426b92c4_1@x-privat.org...
>
>>you need to change /unix symlink to 32-bit kernel and reboot
>>
>>This is from the IBM System Support Cert Guide:
>>
>>The following files are kernel images in the /usr/lib/boot directory:
>>
>>1. unix_up (32-bit kernel -> uniprocessor systems)
>>2. unix_mp (32-bit kernel -> multiprocessor systems)
>>3. unix_64 (64-bit kernel -> 64-bit processor systems)
>>
>>Part of the process of setting the kernel to boot a specific image is by
>>creating a link from /unix to /usr/lib/boot/(kernel to boot) where kernel
>>to boot is one of the above listed.
>>So basically, it just points to the kernel your system is booting.
>>
>>Also, the bootinfo -y command will identify type of hardware the system
>>has as well as the type of kernels it will support.
>>
>>
>>"Delerium" <delerium_27@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:W8%9e.9026$9G.675139@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
>>
>>>Hi there!
>>>
>>>I'm pretty new to the world of AIX!
>>>
>>>I want to install Oracle 8.1.7 (64 bits) on a H70 running AIX 5.3. From
>>>what I know, it seems the kernel is 64 bits (/unix is a symlink to
>>>/idontremember/unix_64
>>>
>>>Well... You get the idea..
>>>
>>>The installation went well until the linking process and then... I got
>>>error all over...
>>>
>>>Does anyone have a succesful install in this kind of setup?
>>>
>>>Thanks, best regards!
>>
>>
>
>

Thanks a lot for these very good information. I'll check this out
tomorow and let you know how everything works out.

Regards.

you need to change /unix symlink to 32-bit kernel and reboot


This is from the IBM System Support Cert Guide:


The following files are kernel images in the /usr/lib/boot directory:


1. unix_up (32-bit kernel -> uniprocessor systems)
2. unix_mp (32-bit kernel -> multiprocessor systems)
3. unix_64 (64-bit kernel -> 64-bit processor systems)


Part of the process of setting the kernel to boot a specific image is
by
creating a link from /unix to /usr/lib/boot/(kernel to boot) where
kernel to
boot is one of the above listed.
So basically, it just points to the kernel your system is booting.


On AIX 5.3 bos.up no longer exists. Even one way processors running in
32 bit kernel use the bos.mp.

/usr/lib/boot on AIX 5.3 only supports unix_mp and unix_64

If you want 32 bit kernel select unix_mp