Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo and IBM Websphere Kits

[William McArthur]

Oops, I accidently just replied the following to Jim:

 > Jim,
 > It probably will. I'm downloading WebSphere App Server 4 right now and
 > will give it a go. Provided it works and they don't do anything stupid
 > like require an X server during the install I'll probably make an
 > ebuild for it. Even if I don't write an ebuild for it I'll let you
 > know what I find.

The WebSphere App Server 4 install does need an X server and during the 
install I get an execption with the following message:

java.lang.NumberFormatException: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2
[...]
at PrereqChecker.getUnixDiskSpace(PrereqChecker.java:632)
[...]

This appears to be a problem in that the du program will split long 
lines so that what IBM is expecting on one line is on two. du has a -P 
switch which prevents this and I'll bet that if you renamed /bin/du to 
/bin/du.orig and made a shell script that was:

#!/bin/bash
du -P $*

and saved to to /bin/du it would work, but right now I need to run some 
errands.

Jim Michael wrote:
> I have two questions.
>
> 1.  I would like to use IBM's Websphere, kits they offer at
> developerWorks.
> http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/offers/linux-speed-start/?tab=webservices/index
>
> IBM recommends Red Hat or SuSE.  I haven't installed Gentoo yet but am
> very interested to use Gentoo since I have a OpenBSD and Python background.
>
> Does anyone know it I can run the IBM's Websphere kits on Gentoo rather
> than Red Hat or SuSe?  Is there something inherently different in Red
> Hat or SuSe that I need to use one of those distros
>
>
> 2.  Can you install Gentoo booting from a floppy rather than a CD.  My
> machine won't boot from a CD.  ( I read the install information but did
> not find an answer.  Sorry if I overlooked it.)
>
>
> Thanks for answering my questions.
>
> Jim Michael