whats your uname -a output?
try matching it exactly.

-adam
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 08:48:25PM -0400, Yasir Malik wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to install Oracle 10g. I am running a snapshot of NetBSD 2.0
> BETA. When I run the
> installer, I get the following message:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Checking operating system version: must be redhat-2.1, UnitedLinux-1.0 or
> redhat-3
>                                       Failed <<<<
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> Which is understandable. I looked in a file called oraparam.ini in
> install/, and I found a line with
> the following:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [Certified Versions]
> Linux=redhat-2.1,UnitedLinux-1.0,redhat-3
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> So I added netbsd-2-0, and I get the following message:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Checking operating system version: must be redhat-2.1, UnitedLinux-1.0,
> redhat-3 or netbsd-2-0
>                                       Failed <<<<
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> Same thing for using netbsd-2.0. When I used NetBSD 2.0_BETA, I get a
> message saying that oraparam.ini file is corrupt. I'm guessing that after
> adding the proper OS name, everything should go by just fine because I've
> read that Linux programs run just as well on NetBSD. Oracle also uses a
> lot of Java.  Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Yasir
>