Install problem solved

Last week I posted the note below about installation problems we were experiencing. The Oracle installer just failed with no message. We have solved to problem and thought I would share the solution with the list.

        The installer was looking at a file '/usr/var/opt/oracle/orainst.loc', deciding that it didn't need to upgrade an existing database, and halting/failing. That is our interpretation anyway. Deleting this file caused the installer to run successfully. On the Compaq Tru64 we can't recall Oracle ever using a file in that path. Normally Oracle uses /etc for that sort of thing. Lots of other things were tried in this endeavor so I can't discount the fact that some of those changes might have helped resolve the problem. We found this especially puzzling because we installed 8.1.7 on another machine cleanly and this file was present, but apparently didn't upset the installer.
Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: DENNIS WILLIAMS
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 10:12 AM
> To: 'ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com'
> Subject: Oracle 8.1.7 install failure on Compaq Tru64
>
> We are trying to install Oracle 8.1.7 on Compaq Tru64 with 0.S. 4.0F with
> the latest patch kit, and the EV5.6 chip set. The install just bombs off
> at 56% complete. No error messages, log messages, or trace files (hasn't
> gotten far enough to create ORACLE_HOME). The install works fine on
> another machine with the EV6 chip set. Compaq and Oracle say that EV5.6
> should be acceptable, and haven't provided much in the way of resolution.
> If you are curious which chip set you have, enter the command
> "/usr/sbin/psrinfo -v". Any information on this would be helpful. Thank
> you.
> Dennis Williams
> DBA
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
>

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