Re: Re-Installing Oracle 9.2 on Solaris

Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> wrote in message news:<3ED4C172.28B3E01C_at_exxesolutions.com>...
> Richard Abrahams wrote:
>
> > Dear Oracle Installers,
> >
> > I have a rather odd problem! I installed Oracle but screwed up a thing
> > or two and decided to start afresh. I did the following,
> >
> > 1) Removed the whole of the ...\9.2 directory structure
> > 2) Removed all relevant \tmp files/directories
> > 3) Relocated the Oracle home directory (removed the original home
> > directory)
> >
> > Now when I try to install I get an error message (before the Installer
> > screen even appears) that I don't have permissions to write the
> > inventory to "/u1/ora9home" - which was the original home directory,
> > where the inventory was originally written and which now no longer
> > exists.
> >
> > Why aren't I being prompted for a new location for the Inventory? I
> > assume that Oracle must have stored a vriable for this location
> > somewhere on the system but I can't find it!
> >
> > Any suggestions gratefully recieved.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Richard Abrahams
>
> You assume incorrectly. But more importantly my guess is that you did the
> removal as root and that you need to go back to the directories as root
> and if you
>
> ls -larn
>
> the reason for the problem will become glaringly apparent.
>
> Be sure all directory and file permissions are set correctly and that you
> are careful what you do as root and what you do as Oracle.

Furthermore, Oracle inventory location is listed in a file called oraInst.loc. On Solaris, default location of this file is /var/opt/oracle but it could be in another directory. You can search for it.

Regards
/Rauf Sarwar Received on Wed May 28 2003 - 21:31:35 CDT