Re: install issue

"Ben.Altman" <ben_altman_at_deadspam.com> wrote in message news:01c172be$8144b180$af0c5a8c_at_12305bsa.nws.noaa.gov...
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install on Windows Me Oracle Personal Edition 8i, but at
the
> very beginning get the following error "Invalid staging area. There are no
> top level components for Windows 95 available for install from this
staging
> area. [OK]". It is being installed on a 1.2Ghz Athlon 32Gb HD (only one
> partition) and 128Mb RAM.
>
> I imagine there is something very basic I am missing here to get it going.
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> regards,
> Ben
>

Please _always_ search the archives for this group at http://groups.google.com before posting again a question which you can assume is a FAQ
Personal Oracle 8i isn't certified for Win ME and it is likely never going to be.
However it seems like there is a *hack* which involves editing win.ini to downgrade the version number of the jre. This hack has been posted many times.

Hth

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