i create the directory /u01 for oracle installation but its space is 457 m ,,which is not enough to install oracle setup.

Can any one help to increase size of this directory..
i installed the linux on vmware and disk space i reserved for the vmware is 40G.
please help me to solve this problems..

What is the size of the partition on which you created the /u01 directory? Usually when Linux is installed there are multiple partitions, of different sizes. You should create the Oracle install directory on a partition that has enough space to hold the installation. To figure out what you have, run "df -h" on your system.

Thanks to reply ..
here my specs of hard disk..

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[root@lnxdb ~]# grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo
MemTotal:

2051300 kB


[root@lnxdb ~]# grep SwapTotal /proc/meminfo
SwapTotal:
2097144 kB

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[root@lnxdb ~]# df -h /tmp
Filesystem
Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00

7.6G 6.7G 577M 93% /

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root@lnxdb ~]# df -h /u01
Filesystem
Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00

7.6G 6.7G 577M 93% /
[root@lnxdb ~]#
[root@lnxdb ~]#



=================this is my hard disk specs================

[root@lnxdb ~]# df -h
Filesystem
Size Used Avail
Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00

7.6G 6.8G 475M 94%

/dev/sda1 145M 12M 126M 9%

/boot
tmpfs 1002M 0 1002M 0% /dev/shm




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I have installed linux 5.1 on vmware and disk space i reserved for is 40GB.
But i mention above spesification my hard disk.i create /u01 directory but its space is 475m while oracle
setup need 3 GB..how i can increase it to install the oracle successfull.
I am never to linux...
please help me...
tell me step to recover this space issue...
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Your system has three partitions -- /boot (145 MB), / (root) (7.6 GB), and swap (2 GB). So, when you partitioned your disk, you did not use all the available space of your 40 GB image. You could expand the root logical volume to be larger (since you have extra space). However, what I would probably do is open up fdisk, create a new partition with the rest of the space (should be 30 GB or so), and edit /etc/fstab to mount it. The fdisk program can be a bit intimidating to use; just remember you can type "?" at its prompt to get help on all supported commands. Once you've created a new partition, check "fdisk -l" to make sure it's detected properly. Then add it to /etc/fstab, mounting it as /u01. You can read the manual page for fstab (man fstab) to understand the format of the /etc/fstab file.

Note: I'd highly recommend backing up your system before you do this. It's fairly easy to mess something up and render the system unbootable. Just be careful and have a backup, and you should be OK.

once again thanks for reply but the problem is that i did'n know much about linux...
please tell me the detail step for creating patition one by one step...
thanks

i need step to step detail about creating partition and then how i mount /u01 the folder where i install the oracle setup...

need detailll
thanks

Still waiting for someone response....

irfankundi786 use gparted
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
or
use the install dvd

but 5.1 is OLD
5.8 is also old but the current version of the old 5 series

but a question
why the two very OLD programs ?
the database is old and the operating system is old

WHY the very old "Release Candidate 2 for Oracle 10 "
a "Release Candidate" is a TESTING ONLY version to find bugs to be FIXED in the Official release

there ARE BUGS in the rc2 that ARE FIXED in the old official 10 database

Oracle DB 11g is the current

also "linux5.1" ?? is this Oracle's OWN rebuild of the OLD RHEL 5.1 ?
the current version of RHEL5 is RHEL5.8

5.8 is the current version not 5.1

if this is Oracle's "unbreakable Linux 5.1 " it is not free
you need a license

If this is RHEL5.1 it too is not free and you need a support contract also .

if this IS THE FREE CentOS 5.1
it is NOT supported
only CentOS5.8 is


as for partitioning and installing the not free Oracle database
there are install instructions on the Oracle web site

but for a rule of thumb
the bare min. for some partitions are
/boot 100 Meg
/ 9 gig
/home 5 gig
SWAP 2 gig

or
/boot 100Meg
/home about 5 to 10 gig
and / the rest of the drive


this might be a problem
you HAVE TO USE the tools in the vmware software
you can not use gparted

dear all,
i have installed oracle 10g on linux 5.1 ..now i want to lauanched the sqlplus...but did't find it.
where i can find it. if configration is required then please also mentioned it.

thanks

you never did inform us as to just what it is you are running
" linux 5.1" there is NO operating system called that

now there is a NOT free and old RHEL 5.1 ( 5.8 is the current in the 5 series )
there is CentOS 5.1 and that is UNSUPPORTED cent ONLY supports 5.8 in the old 5 series.
there is Scientific Linux 5.1 and that is UNSUPPORTED Scientific Linux ONLY supports 5.8 in the old 5 series.
there is Oracles own "Unbreakable Linux" 5.1 ( but again 5.8 is the current in the old 5 series )

and is this still the FULL of, NEVER to be fixed , bugs
"Release Candidate 2 for Oracle 10 " database

or
the official release of the old 10g database when the 11g is the current


without knowing just what is installed we can not help much in "sqlplus"

http://www.orafaq.com/wiki/SQL*Plus