Как установить Oracle8.1.7 под RedHat-7.1

а ты под пользователем каким? нужен oracle && work group dba

под Слакварью (7.1) всё ок!

вообще-то на первом CD диске file /RELEASE-NOTES:

o The Oracle installation program (versions 8.1.7, 8.1.6, and possibly others) does not work properly with glibc 2.2 and above. The problem is that it is linking object files compiled against different glibc (binary compatibility is ensured only for linked executables and shared libraries through symbol versioning). You may work around this by installing the Red Hat Linux 6.2 compatibility packages (compat-egcs, compat-glibc and compat-libs) and issuing the following commands before running the Oracle installer:

export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 . /usr/i386-glibc21-linux/bin/i386-glibc21-linux-env.sh

The second line exports environment variables which will cause gcc and ld to look for glibc 2.1.3 compatibility headers and libraries.