Well, obviously SuSE and RedHat differs quite a lot about where it stores it's files etc.
But the good news is that the problem doesn't exist anymore. What I did was to update the kernel. (The easy way, by an RPM. Yes, SuSE and RedHat do have some things in common as well. :-) )
For those wanting to update the kernel in an easy way, follow this link:
http://www.suse.de/en/support/oracle/db/9i_71_72.html where the kernel update instructions are at the bottom of the page. The ftp.suse.com ftpserver seems very busy though, so try to find a local mirror. Following the instructions on the webpage, the update took me less than a minute from start to reboot. (Apart from the kernel update download of course.)