Re: Downloading Personal Oracle for Windows 98

I have Personal Oracle 8.0.4 running on my Pentium PII 400, 128Mb RAM, archivelog mode and a database of around 350 Mb. It runs OK but is a bit slower than the one at work on the Alpha. I use it for training myself for the OCP exams and any stuff I can't get to do at work.
It installed easily and is easy to run. One thing is that Enterprise Manager doesn't seem to be able to see it. I don't know why. Officially there is very little difference between Personal Oracle and the Enterprise edition (?? how true I don't know) but I would suggest for "proper databases" you should get the Enterprise edition for NT.

As another point I also run NT on this machine. I bought System Commander Deluxe, very similar to Partition Magic, which allows the installing of multiple OS's on the same machine with a minimum of fuss. Very easy to use (Read The Book !) and recommended if you don't have too much knowledge , like me.

Hope you get on OK,
Regards Roger :-)

saji john <sajijohn_at_netcom.ca> wrote in message news:WbMW3.189606$5r2.430066_at_tor-nn1.netcom.ca...
> Hi,
> I want to know how I can download Personal Oracle and Developer 2000. I
have
> Windows 98 2nd edition on my machine. Is it possible to run Oracle on Win
> 98? I have heard that I need Windows NT.
> But when I tried to install it from Windows NT workstation v4.0 CD, it
> prompts for the path of Win NT files(default is d:\386). When I hit enter
it
> says "Setup unable
> to install Win NT Boot Loader--Ensure that your C: drive is formatted and
> the drive is not damaged". How do I get around this problem ? I
understand
> that this is a because of FAT 32 file system on my machine.
> Is there any other way to install Oracle? I wish to download for learning
> and I am a novice.
>
> You can reply directly to me if u wish at sajijohn_at_netcom.ca
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> SJ
>
Received on Mon Nov 15 1999 - 13:33:21 CST