Mount CD Rom/DVD Rom for installing Oracle Database

Most of the linux distros these days automount their CDs with the noexec switch set. In other word no-one apart from root is allowed to execute programs from the mounted media.

To work around this login as root and unmount cdrom using this command

umount /dev/cdrom

then remount it with this command

mount -o loop /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom

How to Install Oracle Database 11g on Oracle Enterprise Linux 5

Installing and Configuring Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 with Oracle Database 11g Release 1 as a Paravirtualized Machine (PVM) on an Oracle VM Server

This tutorial describes how to install Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 with Oracle Database 11g Release 1 as a paravirtualized machine (PVM) on an Oracle VM Server.

This tutorial covers the following topics:

Overview

Prerequisites

Preparing the environment

Creating a paravirtualized machine with Oracle Enterprise Linux 5

Performing Linux operating system pre-installation steps for Oracle Database 11g

Installing Oracle Database 11g

Summary

Glossary

Link: http://www.oracle.com/technology/obe/ovm/ovmel5pvmdb11gr1/ovmel5pvmdb11gr1.htm

This is is a very good reference on istalling oracle data 11g on Oracle Enterprise Linux 5. It is a step by step how to with captured image.

Oracle 10g step by step installation video on windows platform

I've just found a good tutorial video on how to install Oracle 10g step by step on windows platform from youtube.com. There are 4 videos altogether. These 4 video are a a basic oracle installation good for oracle newbie. Have a look for yourself.


Step by step guide on installation oracle 10g database part I



Step by step guide on installation oracle 10g database part II





Step by step guide on installation oracle 10g database part III




Step by step guide on installation oracle 10g database part IV



Reference:youtube.com