Re: Oracle 8i install problem

Try deleting the file /var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc. That should solve the problem. The installer caches the location of the installation directory there for future use and doesn't delete it when the installation aborts.

On another note, it's definitely a good idea to install as a user other than root. An installation error while running as root could have drastic consequences. In any event, the number of actions that need to be performed as root is very small.

                                        Rick

kev <kevin.porter_at_fast.no> writes:

> I'm well away with my 8i install now (on Linux Red Hat 6.1), but
> unfortunately I did it as root at first,
> then realised I was being naughty, so I've started again as oracle, and
> now when I press Next on the File Locations screen I get a dialog with a
>
> picture of an alarm bell ringing and the message "The target area
> /home/oraInventory cannot be used because it is in an invalid state".
> Needless to say, the installer prog will let me do anything else now.
>
> So what does it mean (I guess it's because I aborted a previous
> installation), and how do I fix it?
>
> thanks,
>
> - Kev
>

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