Hi,

I am trying to install Oracle ERP 11i (11.5.8) using MAXTOR FIREWIRE 200GB disk. Software Redhat 9.0. Hardware Compaq 3000, dual processor; 490MHz; 500 MB RAM.

Everything looked like working fine (after setting LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1, system was hanging before). But, there are 2 potential show-stoppers / problems.

1) to install oracle 11i software , there are nearly 18 CDs. System HANGS soon after the 2nd CD completes. It should prompt me for 3 rd CD. It just hangs.

2) so I have to reboot system and do everyhting all over. like cleaning the mess that previous installation created.
Sometimes, in this process , while mounting FIREWIRE disk, system hangs. the command that i give, after loading modules thru modprobe, is
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /mnt/fire

Can somebody help me to understand whole thing? has anybody successful installed or used FIREWIRE disk for any major software? I am just using FIREWIRE disk as storage.

Are there any enviroment variables that should be set in order to work with firewire?

Thanks for your replies in advance.

--GKM

I've pulled files off of an iPod (mac filesystem) over firewire on my machine. This was awhile ago, but I do remember having to reboot after a kernel panic as soon as I accessed the drive. I modprobed a whole bunch of modules and I didn't have any problems after that -- the device appeared, I could mount it, and everything worked fine. I think the key module was sbp2, but I could be mistaken...

--mascdman