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dd of=hd.img bs=1024 seek=1000000 count=0

qemu -boot c -cdrom /var/spool/bootcd/cdimage.iso

+ apt-get install tora
+ Download the following files
Tora
Tora Oracle library
+ Extract both the above RPM files to their respective directories
+ use the following in a file named tora.sh to start Tora
#! /bin/sh
export TNS_ADMIN=/usr/client && tora

+ Create a new folder under /usr called client or something

+ Download the following files
Instant Client Package - Basic
Instant Client Package - SQL*Plus
Instant Client Package - SDK

+ Extract all 3 zip files to the new folder /usr/client (copy all files from instantclient_10_2 to client)

+ Create a new file in the folder /usr/client called tnsnames.ora

add the TNS entries in the format’

server.address.com =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = server.address.com)(PORT = 1521))
) (CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = server)
) )

+ In the folder /usr/client create a folder called bin and create a link to the file sqlplus in bin

+ In the folder /usr/client create a link libclntsh.so to the file libclntsh.so.10.1

+ In the file /etc/ld.so.conf add /usr/client

+ run ldconfig

If the debian machine is not able to detect your complete memory and you are running i386 - use the i686 kernel with smp

Install libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 and create a symlink to the file libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so >> libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 in /usr/lib

You need to have CSH installed on the debian machine or portal will not be configured and the installation will fail.