RE: Client install from hell, solved!!

From: Farnsworth, Dave <DFarnsworth_at_Ashleyfurniture.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 06:56:39 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.003B216A.20011023063523@fatcity.com>

Thanks, Anita and Simon!! Your suggestion to do a custom install worked. I had to install it piece by piece. It is not the way I would want all installations to go but it worked and the client PC can connect to the database.

Thanks,

Dave

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Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 6:50 AM
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Dave,

I suspect this is bug 1291239 "OUI DISAPPEARS WHILE INSTALLING OLE DB COMPONENTS" that is not yet fixed. The workaround is to do as Simon said and install in multiple passes.

1- Choose the custom install type. Select for installation only the problem component (e.g. Oracle Provider for OLE DB). The last itemName in the installactions.log is the "problem component." De-select all other components you're allowed to. This will ensure that you only install the minimum number of components possible to install the problem component.

2- After the first session is done, now restart OUI and start a new installation. This time you can select the typical install type (or any other install type).

The items installed during the first pass will not be reinstalled during the second pass.

BTW, both bug 1291239 and bug 1560970 appear to be related to having the Novell client installed. Per chance is that installed on the ones giving you problems?

HTH,

Anita
- Simon.Anderson_at_scisys.co.uk wrote:
  >
  > "Farnsworth, Dave" <DFarnsworth_at_Ashleyfurniture.com>
  > on 10/19/2001 07:15:24 PM
  >
  > Please respond to ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
  >
  > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
  > <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
  > cc: (bcc: Simon Anderson/SSplc)
  >
  >
  > I think I've seen this before, it certainly sounds
  > familiar...
  > I've no idea what causes it, but I found a
  > workaround was to only install a
  > small number of components at a time - for some
  > reason, that seems to work.
  >
  > Let us all know if you come up with a better
  > solution.
  >
  > Simon Anderson
  >
  >
  > I am having a problem on a couple of client
  > installs. I have Oracle 8.1.7
  > to be installed on NT 4.0 SP6. The install starts
  > out fine, I select a
  > Orahome and then it starts to install. When it gets
  > to 90% all of a sudden
  > the install wizard screen just disappears without
  > any error messages. I can
  > see that it created a new directory and copied a
  > bunch of files to the hard
  > drive. I can even double click on the SQLPlus icon
  > and it launches asking
  > me for a username, password, and database.
  > Then if I put the client CD back in and click on the
  > "show installed
  > components", it tells me that there are no Oracle
  > components installed. I
  > look in the registry and a registry for Oracle has
  > been created. I have
  > done this about twenty times and get the exact same
  > results. I even tried a
  > different CD but that does not change things.
  > During the install Oracle will write to a log but
  > this log tells me nothing
  > except what it installed, without one stinking clue
  > as to what is causing
  > this to puke.
  > I get this just on two PC's with identical results.
  > Has anyone seen this
  > before? I can go to other PC's and install without
  > a hitch. These PC's do
  > work and have plenty of disk space.
  > Any ideas, ,,,,,,,anything?
  >
  > Thanks,
  >
  > Dave

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