Well yes using VNC or XClient is possible...! But the reason why i always used to do it via a physical console was coz anyways i had to go into the DC for putting the CD's in.

But ur idea of loopback mounting the ISO is something i will definitely try out..!

What if i have a the files and directories on the CD have been dumped and not the ISO...! Any options still available..!

Thanks for the solution...!

bye rgds biju

"R. K. Rajeev" rajeevrk@myrealbox.com wrote: BIJU KRISHNAN wrote:

Dear Amit,

The Oracle 9i installation program is a Java based program and does not have a TUI or a CLI as an alternative.

You need have X installed and running while installing either Client or server.

Atleast from my knowledge u cant install Oracle 9i Enterprise without X....on the linux box..!

I even failed installing Oracle Client on RedHat Linux with a dump on the HDD...! We had to put the media in and then run

../mnt/cdrom/Product/runinstaller

[NOT THE EXACT PATH ALTHOUGH]

bye rgds biju

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Dear Biju,

AFAIK, a physical X server is not required. as long as you have all the X libs ( from the xfree86-libs or xorg-libs packages), you should be able to install a vnc server with a simple window manager like twm and use it to remotely install the oracle client. And about the cd, i've used the iso image via a loopback mount, and it installs fine (oracle server i mean, which also installs the client, i assume). do explore this option before loading a full X server environment onto the server.

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