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Here is a summary (HOWTO) of how I installed:
Oracle 9iR2 (9.2.0) Database on Red Hat Advanced Server 3 (kernel 2.4.21-4.EL, glibc 2.3.2-95.3)
Oracle 9iR2 (9.2.0) Database on Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 (kernel 2.4.9-e.3, glibc 2.2.4-26)
Oracle 9iR2 (9.2.0) Database on Red Hat 9 (kernel kernel-2.4.20-6, glibc 2.3.2-5)
Oracle 9iR2 (9.2.0) Database on Red Hat 8.0 (kernel 2.4.18-18.8.0, glibc 2.2.93-5)
Oracle 9iR2 (9.2.0) Database on Red Hat 7.3 (kernel 2.4.18-3, glibc 2.2.5-34)
Oracle 9iR1 (9.0.1) Database on Red Hat 7.3 (kernel 2.4.18-3, glibc 2.2.5-34)
Oracle 9iR1 (9.0.1) Database on Red Hat 7.2 (kernel 2.4.7-10, glibc 2.2.4-13)
Oracle 9iR1 (9.0.1) Database on Red Hat 7.1 (kernel 2.4.2-2, glibc 2.2.2-10)

This article covers the following subjects and steps:

* Documentations
* Downloading and Installing Red Hat Linux 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 9
* Unpacking Downloaded Oracle9i Installation Files and Burning Oracle9i CDs
* Setting Swap Space
* Setting Shared Memory
* Checking /tmp Space
* Sizing Oracle Disk Space
* The "binutils" Issue
* Checking Development Packages (RPMs)
* JDK
* Creating Oracle User Accounts
* Creating Oracle Directories
* Setting Oracle Environments
* Starting runInstaller
* Running Oracle Installation on RH 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 9, and on RH AS 2.1
* Running Oracle Installation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 3
     Installing Oracle9iR2 on RH AS 3
     Patching Oracle9iR2 on RH AS 3
     Patching Oracle Intelligent Agent on RH AS 3
* Startup and Shutdown of the Oracle 9i Database
* Oracle Installation Problems, Tips and Hints
* Oracle Installation Errors