Build a vmware7 + redhat enterprise 5.6 + oraclel Environment

For work reasons, a development environment such as question needs to be set up.
 
1. Use vmware to create virtual machines. There are many posts on the Internet that will not be discussed here.
 
The key is


 
In this step, select the first and third items, there is a big difference. Select the first item and select the installation image, VMWARE will automatically complete the installation process.
 
If the third item is selected, the virtual machine is created and then installed. The installation process is the same as that on the actual machine.
 
2. I chose the first option for the first installation. After installing the system, I encountered many problems during subsequent installation:
 
1) Hard Disk Partitions cannot meet requirements, so the new hard disk is attached.
 
Mounting process:
 
 
 
[Root @ localhost dev] # fdisk/dev/sdb
 
Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel
Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only,
Until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous
Content won't be recoverable.
 
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 2610.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
And coshould in certain setups cause problems:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
(E.g., dos fdisk, OS/2 FDISK)
Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w (rite)
 
Command (m for help): new
Command action
E extended
P primary partition (1-4)
 
P
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-2610, default 1): 1
Last cylinder or + size or + sizeM or + sizeK (1-2610, default 2610): 2610
 
Command (m for help): write
The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl () to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
 
[Root @ localhost dev] #
[Root @ localhost dev] # mke2fs-j/dev/sdb1
Mke2fs 1.39 (29-may-2006)
Filesystem label =
OS type: Linux
Block size = 4096 (log = 2)
Fragment size = 4096 (log = 2)
2621440 inodes, 5241198 blocks
262059 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block = 0
Maximum filesystem blocks = 0
160 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
16384 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768,983 04, 163840,229 376, 294912,819 200, 884736,160 5632, 2654208,
4096000
 
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
 
This filesystem will be automatically checked every 39 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs-c or-I to override.
[Root @ localhost dev] # mkdir/users
[Root @ localhost dev] # mount/dev/sdb1/users
 
After this takes effect, the partition will not be automatically mounted after the machine is restarted.
Add a row to/etc/fstab
 
 
/Dev/sdb1/users
Ext3 defaults
1 2
During the process of adding a wrong letter, the system cannot be restarted. For specific solutions, see the next article.
2) the box is garbled after being replaced with Chinese characters.
 
I tried many methods on the Internet and failed to modify many configurations. It is a default option during installation, which may be caused by installation failure of some installation packages.
Solution 1: reinstall the VM. If the VM is not automatically installed, select Chinese as the language prompted during installation.
Solution 2: Install the rpm-ivh ttfonts-zh_CN-2.14-6.noarch.rpm
Rpm-ivh iiimf-le-chinput-0.3-16.i386.rpm -- aid
Rpm-ivh iiimf-x-12.1-10.EL.i386.rpm
Rpm-ivh iiimf-gnome-im-switcher-12.1-10.EL.i386.rpm
 
3. The above two problems will not occur after the system is installed in Non-automatic installation mode
Problems installing oracle: Checking operating system versions: Must be a redhat-3, SuSE-9, redhat-4, UnitedLinux-1.0, asianux-1 or asianux-2
Failed <
Work und: by modifying the/etc/redhat-release content to support the version redhat-4

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