Re: Personal Oracle8i installation

I have just followed the instruction below, and oracle has installed without any problems.

In article <907ruc$qk0$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>, jwaterh_at_my-deja.com writes
>Apoligies if this is a repeat message. I have just found the following
>information, I have not tried it as of yet though!
>
>Oracle 8.1.5 Personal Edition
>Oracle does not support installing version 8.1.5 PE into
>Windows Millennium.
>As an unsupported workaround, you may add the following line
>to the [compatibility95] section of win.ini prior to
>installation:
>
>Jrew=0x00080000
>
>After setup is complete, Oracle will recommend a reboot.
>There is one additional step necessary prior to reboot;
>Oracle may add a non-standard path statement to the
>autoexec.bat file. Please modify this SET PATH
>statement to use short-filenames if you find a quoted
>LFN string represented as part of the path. You can
>confirm that the path was merged successfully into the
>registry after reboot by examining the PATH variable
>in the registry at
>HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\Environment
>
>Symptoms of a missing Oracle path statement in the registry are that
>Net8 Easy Config will not launch.
>
>Please note that Oracle does not support the use of this
>product in Windows ME, but have authorized these workarounds
>for testing purposes only.
>
>In article <MdCtACAEEvJ6EwoX_at_waterh.demon.co.uk>,
> Sean Osguthorpe <sean_at_waterh.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> To date I have tried the installation from numerous locations,
 including
>> copying the files to CD and trying from there. Unfortunately all with
>> the same result, I am surprised that there are not more threads
 relating
>> to this issue, if it is one!
>>
>> In article <906mas$97j$1_at_plutonium.btinternet.com>, Tom McInally
>> <tom.mcinally_at_btinternet.com> writes
>> >I have Personal Oracle 8i on CD from the technology network. Same
 problem
>> >'though. I've tried all routes from the CD. If you get a workaround
 for this
>> >I would appreciate some info.
>> >"Sean Osguthorpe" <sean_at_waterh.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>> >news:z6F9DCA2IaJ6Ew9W_at_waterh.demon.co.uk...
>> >> Please excuse my ignorance, I have recently downloaded Personal
 Oracle8i
>> >> Release 2 Version 8.1.6 for Windows 98 and am experiencing
 difficulties
>> >> with installing it.
>> >>
>> >> When I run the setup program, after un-zipping the file, I get to
 the
>> >> dialog box within the universal installer that prompts me to
 select the
>> >> source and destination directories. The source is obviously
 pointing
>> >> toward the location on my machine where products.jar resides, and
 the
>> >> destination is a location I have specified as home. However, I get
 the
>> >> following message:
>> >>
>> >> 'There was a problem in accessing the staging area. Please make
 sure the
>> >> specified values for 'source' and 'destination' are valid'.
>> >>
>> >> I am running windows ME, but I can not see that as a problem.
>> >>
>> >> If I correctly point the source to products.jar, and have likewise
>> >> created a directory as oracle home, and pointed the destination
 there,
>> >> then I can not understand the error message.
>> >>
>> >> Any guidance would be appreciated.
>> >>
>> >> Regards
>> >> --
>> >> Sean Osguthorpe
>> >
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Sean Osguthorpe
>>
>
>
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