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Monthly Archives January 2010

PXE Network Installations…

I’ve been using Kickstart and network installations for a while now. I think the last time I wrote about it was in RHEL3 days (here). Well I finally got round to having a look at PXE Network Installations, which just tags an extra bit onto the start to save you running round with boot CDs. [...]

Posted 02 January 2010 † Tim... § Linux ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , ,

Magic Pixie Dust Recovery Area…

This morning, as I was scanning through the 11gR2 version of the Backup and Recovery User Guide and I saw the term Fast Recovery Area. My first thought was, “Isn’t that meant to be Flash Recovery Area?”. This was quickly followed by that flash (excuse the pun) of embarrassment when you think maybe it changed [...]

Posted 02 January 2010 † Tim... § Oracle ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: ,

Oracle 11gR2 RAC On Linux Using NFS

I finally got round to trying an NFS installation of 11gR2 RAC. Oracle Database 11g Release 2 RAC On Linux Using NFS No real surprises here. It all seems a little simpler when using NFS, but it was cronically slow on my crappy kit. Cheers Tim…

Posted 01 January 2010 † Tim... § Linux § Oracle ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , , ,