Re: Personal Oracle8i installation

I downloaded the zip for Release 2 (8.1.6) for Windows NT and got through the install without problem. I've got win2k

Did you run setup.exe after unzipping?

Ben

On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 02:39:23 GMT, Ron Johnston <rjohnston_at_mediaone.net> wrote:

>Sean,
>Regretfully I don't have an answer for you but I do have the same exact problem.
>Have you been able to work around it yet? If you have any info, let me know and
>I will do the same for you!
>Thank you
>ron
>
>Sean Osguthorpe 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
  Received on Sat Feb 24 2001 - 18:01:56 CST