Veja nesse links as distros de linux suportadas e versões (para as versões atuais do oracle):
http://otn.oracle.com/tech/linux/htdocs ... tributions
Essas versões antigas é um problema mesmo... Acho que você teria que contatar o suporte da oracle e ver com eles a melhor forma. (se eles dão suporte, você está tranquilo)...
Which Linux distributions are directly supported by Oracle?
The following distributions are certified and supported by Oracle:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS and ES
* Novell/SUSE SLES8 and future versions
* Oracle will continue to provide customer support for UnitedLinux 1.0, throughout its life cycle, on all the existing Oracle products that are already supported on UnitedLinux. The products supported by Oracle, as part of UnitedLinux, include :
o Conectiva Linux Enterprise Edition powered by UnitedLinux
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (SLES 8 ) powered by UnitedLinux
o TurboLinux Enterprise Server 8 powered by UnitedLinux
* RedFlag DC Server (China Only)
* Miracle Linux Standard Edition (Japan Only).
Oracle does not want to support fragmentation in the Linux operating system market. There are an indeterminate number of Linux distributions in the market. Customers have consistently asked for stability, better performance, and reliability of the Linux platform as well as enterprise-class support. Oracle cannot be effective in servicing customers if we attempt to support a large number of different Linux distributions.