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Re: Any problems reinstalling NT on Oracle server?

From: Jojo <jojo_at_nowhere.com>
Date: 1998/04/29
Message-ID: <35479554.24B840E@nowhere.com>#1/1

Errrrr his is kind of scary and I haven't tried it yet, just make sure the reinstall will not
overwrite your NT Oracle registry or ini files .... If it does .. Maybe you hafta reinstall oracle again ...

Good Luck ..

Greg Parsons wrote:

> Hi Ryan,
> I think you should rethink reinstalling NT. If it is truely necessary,
> be prepared to reinstall Oracle from scratch. Reinstalling NT will not
> 'mess with the database at all' - it will make that section(s) of disk
> unreadable by your OS. It's a hierarchy, OS needs CMOS, Oracle needs OS,
> not an installation of peers. HTH, Greg
>
> Ryan Riggin wrote:
>
> > I'm the only support person here at the office and I need to reinstall
> > NT 3.51 on our server that's running Oracle 7. Will reinstalling NT mess
> > with the database at all? I'm going to do a full backup in any case but
> > was wondering if this is going to turn out to be some long involved
> > process.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Wm. Ryan Riggin ryan_at_cybersmith.com
> > Network Engineer 212-655-4423
> > Apprentice Miracle Worker 212-655-4401 (fax)
> > Cybersmith, Inc
Received on Wed Apr 29 1998 - 00:00:00 CDT

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