RE: Trashing Oracle.

Hi Joe, Suhen,

I don't actually have access to metalink, so if you could grab the document and send it to me back channel that would be great!

Thanks for the pointers..

Regards

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Joseph S. Testa
Sent: 06 October 2000 13:40
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: Trashing Oracle.

There is a document on metalink on how to "remove" oracle from NT machines.

look for it, if you dont find it let me know i'll grab it for you.

joe

> Mark Leith wrote:
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> Just wanted to double check with you guys - I am going to be trashing
> my NT 4, 8.0.4 test instance once I have managed to download the 8.1.6
> zip from technet over my 31,200 bps line!! Yeah - 6 years later..
>
> Anyway, I am going to totally wipe Oracle and start over a again, and
> just wanted to check on how to wipe completely -
>
> 1) Shut down the instance
> 2) oradim80 to delete all of the services (what is the command by the
> way?)
> 3) Delete the Oracle directory
> 4) Delete all mention of Oracle in my registry.
>
> Is this the right way to do it? Should I do anything else? Also is
> there anything that I should watch out for with 8.1.6 on NT 4 sp6? I
> only have 128mb RAM on my NT box, will that do for an empty instance?
> The only reason it is there is to test tools against.. Do I need to
> worry about anything else?
>
> Cheers
>
> Mark
>
> Mark Leith
> =================
> Cool Tools UK Ltd
> +44 1905 330 281
> mark_at_cool-tools.co.uk
>

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