HowTo increase the swap file of linux for install Oracle Database 10g Express

HowTo increase the swap file of linux for install OracleXE database       
[root@new-host ~]# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda3             9.3G  4.5G  4.4G  51% /
/dev/hda1              92M  8.5M   78M  10% /boot
none                  125M     0  125M   0% /dev/shm
.host:/                18G   14G  3.5G  80% /mnt/hgfs
[root@new-host ~]# cat /proc/swaps
Filename                                Type            Size    Used    Priority
/dev/hda2                               partition       522104  336     -1
[root@new-host ~]# free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:           249        248          1          0          1        222
-/+ buffers/cache:         24        225
Swap:          509          0        509
[root@new-host home]# cd ..
[root@new-host /]# dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/swap bs=1024 count=1024000
1024000+0 records in
1024000+0 records out
[root@new-host /]# mkswap /home/swap
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 1048571 kB

 

[root@new-host /]# swapon /home/swap
[root@new-host /]# free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:           249        248          1          0          1        221
-/+ buffers/cache:         25        224
Swap:         1509          0       1509
[root@new-host /]# cat /proc/swaps
Filename                                Type            Size    Used    Priority
/dev/hda2                               partition       522104  328     -1
/home/swap                              file            1023992 0       -2
[root@new-host /]# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda3             9.3G  5.4G  3.4G  62% /
/dev/hda1              92M  8.5M   78M  10% /boot
none                  125M     0  125M   0% /dev/shm
.host:/                18G   14G  3.5G  80% /mnt/hgfs
[root@new-host /]# cd /home/
[root@new-host home]# ls
oracle  postgres  swap
[root@new-host /]# vi /etc/fstab

 

# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
none                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
none                    /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
LABEL=SWAP-hda2         swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
/home/swap              swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
# Beginning of the block added by the VMware software
.host:/                 /mnt/hgfs               vmhgfs  defaults,ttl=5     0 0
# End of the block added by the VMware software
/dev/hdc                /media/cdrom            auto    pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
/dev/fd0                /media/floppy           auto    pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0

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[root@new-host /]# cd /mnt/hgfs/linux\ share/
[root@new-host linux share]# rpm -ivh oracle-xe-univ-10.2.0.1-1.0.i386.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:oracle-xe-univ         ########################################### [100%]
Executing Post-install steps...
You must run '/etc/init.d/oracle-xe configure' as the root user to
configure the database.

 
[root@new-host linux share]# /etc/init.d/oracle-xe configure

 

Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Configuration
-------------------------------------------------
This will configure on-boot properties of Oracle Database 10g Express
Edition.  The following questions will determine whether the database should
be starting upon system boot, the ports it will use, and the passwords that
will be used for database accounts.  Press <Enter> to accept the defaults.
Ctrl-C will abort.

 

Specify the HTTP port that will be used for Oracle Application Express [8080]:7070

 

Specify a port that will be used for the database listener [1521]:1521

 

Specify a password to be used for database accounts.  Note that the same
password will be used for SYS and SYSTEM.  Oracle recommends the use of
different passwords for each database account.  This can be done after
initial configuration:
Confirm the password:

 

Do you want Oracle Database 10g Express Edition to be started on boot (y/n) [y]:y

 

Starting Oracle Net Listener...Done
Configuring Database...Done
Starting Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Instance...Done
Installation Completed Successfully.
To access the Database Home Page go to "http://127.0.0.1:7070/apex"

 

 

Your sincere,

------------

Henry Zhu

2007-03-26