Patricia Clarke wrote:
>
> Hi Group,
>
> I have been having problems transferring my Oracle V6 installation
> (Oracle files, database files, and program files) from one Pentium/DOS
> notebook to a new Pentium/DOS notebook. These notebooks are used as
> standalone machines, with data being uploaded and downloaded between them
> and our Oracle 7/AIX server periodically. I have done this transfer many
> times since we have upgraded our notebooks numerous times over the past
> few years, and it has always gone smoothly until now.
>
> The main difference between the two notebooks that I am using is that the
> old one has 24 MB RAM while the new one has 40 MB. Other than that, they
> are almost identical machines, but, on the new notebook, the system would
> hang whenever I tried to load sqlpme. I suspected that the problem might
> be that way back in the dark ages when Oracle V6 was written, DOS
> machines weren't capable of accessing much memory compared to today and
> that the programs therefore may be having trouble dealing with the memory
> above 32 MB or so. I experimented with various autoexec and config
> changes but had no luck.
>
> Anyway, I have just removed the 32 MB memory card from my new notebook,
> and Oracle, my database, and my application now start perfectly!! Mind
> you, this only leaves them with the 8 MB of on-board RAM, so I wouldn't
> want to look at the performance of the system right now, but the big
> thing is that it does work.
>
> I'd be interested in hearing any comments or insights about this. Does
> it make any sense that Oracle V6/DOS comes up perfectly with only 8 MB
> RAM, but hangs when given 40 MB? I never thought I'd have to worry about
> buying too much memory!!
>
> I would appreciate any suggestions on how I can get this working with the
> 40 MB RAM, since I'm not sure if I will be able to exchange my 32 MB card
> for a smaller one... I am fairly confident that the 32 MB card itself is
> not defective since the extra memory was all recognized by both DOS and
> Windows 3.11.
>
> I have tried using the DYNAMIC_MEMORY parameter in my CONFIG.ORA to limit
> the amount of memory available to Oracle, but that didn't help either.
>
> Thanks,
> Patricia Clarke
> pclarke_at_golden.net
> Hybrid Turkeys
> Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
I think there was a bug in sqlpme - i remember getting a patch from
oracle with a new version of sqlpme for pentiums with 40+ MB of RAM.
--
Sam Cappello
Envision Utility Software Corp.
s_cappello_at_envworld.com
Received on Tue Dec 31 1996 - 00:00:00 CST
