Installing Oracle 10.1.0.3 on FC3

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For installing Oracle 10.1.0.3 on FC3:

1. Setup kernel parameters:

insert in file /etc/sysctl.conf

kernel.shmmax = <half of memory in bytes>
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
fs.file-max = 65536
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000

Execute: /sbin/sysctl -p

insert in file /etc/security/limits.conf

*               soft    nproc   2047
*               hard    nproc   16384
*               soft    nofile  1024
*               hard    nofile  65536

insert in file /etc/pam.d/login before line
session    required	pam_selinux.so multiple open

session    required     pam_limits.so

2. Create the new groups and users:

groupadd oinstall
groupadd dba

useradd -g oinstall -G dba oracle
passwd oracle

3. Create the directories in which the Oracle software will be
installed:

mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0
chown -R oracle.oinstall /u01

4. Edit the /etc/redhat-release file replacing the current release
information with the following:

redhat-3

5. Login as the oracle user and add the following lines at the end of
the .bash_profile file:
# Oracle Settings
export TMP=/tmp
export TMPDIR=$TMP
export ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
export ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/10.1.0
export ORACLE_SID=sid1
export ORACLE_TERM=xterm
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:/usr/sbin:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/jdbc/lib/ojdbc14.jar:
$ORACLE_HOME/jdbc/lib/orai18n.jar

6. Installation

Log into the oracle user.
Start the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) by issuing the following
command in the Disk1 directory:
./runInstaller

All sould work.