I'm trying to install Oracle database 10g on an Ubuntu Server 11.04 VM. I am using Vagrant to run it and access it. I downloaded the install package which has a .cpio.gz file extension. Oracle specifies these commands to unpack it:
gunzip filename
cpio -idmv filename
The gunzip operation worked just fine, but when I run the cpio command it seems to be taking too long. I left it running for over 3 hours and it had not completed. Now, the .cpio file is 764MB. Should it be running this long?
Use one of the following
cpio -idmvI filename # note the capital I
or
cpio -idmv < filename # note the 'lower than'
otherwise cpio tries to read from stdin