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Re: Oracle 8i on Win XP

From: Frank <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 21:08:26 +0200
Message-ID: <3EC3E5AA.2070709@netscape.net>


Hans Forbrich wrote:
> Peter Geldhof wrote:
>
>

>>Hi,
>>
>>OS: Win XP Professional
>>
>>For testing purposes I downloaded Oracle 8i (8.1.7) enterprise edition.
>>When I try to startup the Oracle Universal Installer it immediately dies ...
>>my processor goes to 100% and then immediately stops.  I do this on a brand
>>new (may 2003) Compaq Evo N1020 (512MB, 1.8Ghz proc etc ...)

>
>
> Good luck - if you ever get Oracle8i working on XP consistently, please publish
> the method. Many are very interested. Perhaps even Oracle will be interested -
> they explicitly state it doesn't work.
Where?

I have it working on my laptop, and I cannot remember anything out of the ordinary, apart from the usual P4 stuff. But then again, I've done this so often, I can hardly be considered a beginner.
In that I support Sybrand: start with 9i - 8i is dead asof the end of this year, not supported under XP, etc.

-- 
Regards, Frank van Bortel
Received on Thu May 15 2003 - 14:08:26 CDT

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