Re: Help needed installing 8i-personal

">?<" <rosm_at_mindspring.com> wrote in message news:9jstd1$bh2$1_at_slb2.atl.mindspring.net...
> I just downloaded the latest 8i personal version from the ORACLE site.
 When
> I tried to install it on my WIN-ME (with 64M ram) I got a message saying
> that the "staging" area could not be accessed. I had the path to the
> "product.jar" set and made a install folder called "Oracle_8i" as the
> destination. Both source and destination paths are valid but I can't get
> passed this spot. I tried installing from a CD (which I burned from the
> unzipped download) and then from a temp directory loaded with the same
> unzipped download files. What am I doing wrong? Any help would be
> appreciated. Boy this makes me feel like a real idiot.
>
> Thanks;
> Bob S.
> rosm_at_mailandnews.com
>
>
>

1 Personal Oracle is available for NT/Win2k and Win98, NOT for Me. Just must have downloaded the 98 version.
That version does NOT work on Me
2 64M is definitely insufficient.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA Received on Sat Jul 28 2001 - 01:19:01 CDT