On 2/20/06, Nat Gross <nat101l@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Has anyone succeeded installing IBM's db2(full version or free express > C version) on Fedora 4? Although I can get by various stages of > installation, its not quite 'there' with the bottom line being that > its unusable on FC4. Someone at the Ibm db2 forum is telling me that > FC4 is too much bleeding edge and that it runs on his CentOS system. > > Being with Fedora since FC2, and with kind folks on this list, I don't > want to switch, but I can't resist replacing mySql with a free version > of db2! (Ok, so I can't use more than 4 gig ram. Or quad processors.) > > The sorry thing is that it does install, but utilities used to setup > the databases fail. > Anyhow, if anyone has db2 [express C] running on FC4, please gimme a holler. > Thanks; > -nat (I was just glancing over some old posts...) For posterity: db2 express c is running fine with FC4 and FC5. The problem was related to IBM's java jre. I just used the standard jre and it works fine. Hope this helps someone. nat
