Running AIX 5.1L on an old PowerPC (PPS model 7248). Have bos.64bit
installed.

Unable to get Oracle 9i client utilitiesprograms to work. Get errors

exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program ./sqlplus because of the following
errors:
0509-032 Cannot run a 64-bit program on a 32-bit machine.

Should Oracle 9i client work on older RS-6000 hardware?

Am getting by via Oracle 8i client, but am trying to run a pure '9i'
environment.

Any ideas?

Andrew,
I think you need to link to the 64-bit kernel, because the Oracle 9
kernel extensions are only 64 bit, check with "prtconf". There is a
procedure to to switch to 64 bit, but indeed your hardware must
support 64-bit, if you are not able to run AIX5.2 there could be a
problem to run Oracle 9 also. Some hardware stop at AIX5.1
JW
"Andrew Werden" <andrew.werden@pega.com> schreef in bericht
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> Running AIX 5.1L on an old PowerPC (PPS model 7248). Have bos.64bit
> installed.
>
> Unable to get Oracle 9i client utilitiesprograms to work. Get errors
>
> exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program ./sqlplus because of the
following
> errors:
> 0509-032 Cannot run a 64-bit program on a 32-bit machine.
>
> Should Oracle 9i client work on older RS-6000 hardware?
>
> Am getting by via Oracle 8i client, but am trying to run a pure '9i'
> environment.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>

Jan Willem de Lange <jan.willem.de.lange@freeler.nl> wrote:
: Andrew,
: I think you need to link to the 64-bit kernel, because the Oracle 9
: kernel extensions are only 64 bit, check with "prtconf". There is a
: procedure to to switch to 64 bit, but indeed your hardware must
: support 64-bit, if you are not able to run AIX5.2 there could be a
: problem to run Oracle 9 also. Some hardware stop at AIX5.1
: JW
: "Andrew Werden" <andrew.werden@pega.com> schreef in bericht
: news:8ZucnVTHyqYe3uOiU-KYhA@comcast.com...
:> Running AIX 5.1L on an old PowerPC (PPS model 7248). Have bos.64bit
:> installed.
:>
:> Unable to get Oracle 9i client utilitiesprograms to work. Get errors
:>
:> exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program ./sqlplus because of the
: following
:> errors:
:> 0509-032 Cannot run a 64-bit program on a 32-bit machine.
:>
:> Should Oracle 9i client work on older RS-6000 hardware?
:>
:> Am getting by via Oracle 8i client, but am trying to run a pure '9i'
:> environment.
:>
:> Any ideas?
:>
:>
:>


bootinfo -y will tell you if your machine is a 64 bit machine or not. If it
returns a "32" it's not a 64 bit machine. This stopped our oracle dba's from
doing their testing of oracle 9i on my F50 (yeah) so I got it back from them.
I don't know what they were looking at, but some document they had explained
what hardware was compatable and how to tell.

Ron

You might try linking and/or loading the 32 bit libs. I think you find them
in $ORACLE_HOME/lib32
If you're compiling client utils use that instead of the $ORACLE_HOME/lib.
I had similar problems building
some third party drivers and that fixed it.

If you're just running them, you might try setting LIBPATH for that dir.
But I haven't tried that.

John
Andrew Werden wrote:

> Running AIX 5.1L on an old PowerPC (PPS model 7248). Have bos.64bit
> installed.
>
> Unable to get Oracle 9i client utilitiesprograms to work. Get errors
>
> exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program ./sqlplus because of the following
> errors:
> 0509-032 Cannot run a 64-bit program on a 32-bit machine.
>
> Should Oracle 9i client work on older RS-6000 hardware?
>
> Am getting by via Oracle 8i client, but am trying to run a pure '9i'
> environment.
>
> Any ideas?

"JohnM" <jmadd@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
news:3F89ABA1.C83183B3@austin.rr.com...
> You might try linking and/or loading the 32 bit libs. I think you find
them
> in $ORACLE_HOME/lib32
> If you're compiling client utils use that instead of the $ORACLE_HOME/lib.
> I had similar problems building
> some third party drivers and that fixed it.
>
> If you're just running them, you might try setting LIBPATH for that dir.
> But I haven't tried that.

Also, make sure the following is included within /etc/inittab

load64bit:2:wait:/etc/methods/cfg64 >/dev/console 2>&1 # Enable 64-bit
execs

This allows 64-bit applications to run on the 32-bit kernel.