Re: Client tools crash consistantly on 98..

When I installed 8.0.5 on Windows98 I got the oddest message, and it was an Oracle formatted message which read something like the following:

	"The operating system you are using has features that are too
	advanced for this version of Oracle.  There is currently no
	product available.  Refer back frequently to our website at
	www.oracle.com for updates."

What are you using on Win98? Did you get this message? What features are they talking about. The install went cleaner than it ever went on Windows 95 or NT 4.0. But, I just decided to blow it away, and also went into the registry and cleaned out all the references that I could find.

I now have 8i (8.1.5) and would be temped to play with it again... if I had some assurance that it worked. I hate non-functional software...

Thanks!
David Russell

On Thu, 27 May 1999 04:38:24 GMT, AY_at_doofus.mn (Alan Yeary) wrote:

>In article <MPG.11b68196b3952ba0989684_at_client.se.news.psi.net>,
>news2_at_baxnet.net (Greg) wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>Running 8.04.00 client on a stable Win98 machine.
>>
>>Any attempts to connect from the 98 machine to the NT server (Ora 8.04
>>also) promptly abends on 98 ("program performed illegal operation and
>>will be shut down"). SQLPlus will do this, as well as any other Oracle
>>tool. This happens after I fill in the id, password and the connect
>>string.
>>
>>Are there updates to this 8.04? Is this a known problem? I'm running
>>the eval CD. I also have the 8.05 (8i) CD, but I cannot install on 98 if
>>another version of Oracle clients already exists on the HDD... or so the
>>install says.
>>
>>Thanx - Greg
>
>There is a patch for Net8 version 804 that fixes this.
>Download files "readme.txt" and "80407.exe" from
>
>ftp://oracle-ftp.oracle.com/server/patchsets/wgt_tech/server/windowsNT/network/net8/80407/
>
>
>Instructions are in the readme. Or else upgrade to 805.
Received on Thu May 27 1999 - 13:54:55 CDT