Re: Quirky Oracle 8 install problem

As a general rule, you should never install any software product directly into the root directory. For Oracle8i, a whole directory structure was developed called the Oracle Flexible Architecture (OFA) and in order for you to utilize this architecture you must define a top-level directory (eg. c:\orant or c:\orawin95), then create individual subdirectories under there for each version of Oracle product you install. In your case, I would recommend using c:\orawin\ora815 as your home for Oracle8.

To remove your current installation of Oracle8, follow the instructions in the Oracle8 documentation for creating a clean machine. You'll need to uninstall Oracle8, delete any directories it created and delete the directory c:\program files\oracle, then remove the ORACLE entry from your registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software. You should also remove any registry entries for Oracle services under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root, and remove any directories in your PATH and CLASSPATH environment variables. I recommend a reboot also, before attempting your install.

Regards,

James Anderson
Oracle Consulting
Atlanta, Georgia USA

sonar11_at_my-deja.com wrote:

> Hello Oracle gurus:
>
> I recently did a complete reformat of my hard drive, so now I have to
> reinstall Oracle Personal Edition 8. However, I ran into a problem at
> the very beginning of the installation process.
> After I inserted the CD-ROM, I am asked to type in the home location,
> where the Oracle files are supposed to be installed. I typed in C:\
> However, Oracle then changed this path to Z:\ (my zip drive)and then
> copied an orawin95 directory to the Zip.
> So I then went back to the text box where the home directory is
> supposed to be entered, in order to change it back to C:, but I was
> surprised to see that this text box was disabled (i.e., grayed out),
> which prevented me from entering the correct path.
> The installation program also entered in my autoexec.bat a path command
> containing the path to Z: I then removed this line from autoexec.bat,
> rebooted and tried the installation program again. However, doing this
> did not fix the text box problem -- it was still grayed out.
> So now I do not know how to go about installing this software and I
> need it for an upcoming class.
> My PC is a Pentium 200 MHZ, with 160MB of RAM and a 4GB hard drive,
> using Windows 95.
> Can anyone advise me on this matter? It would be greatly appreciated.
> Thank You.
>
> Patrick
>
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Received on Thu Jan 13 2000 - 16:17:16 CST