Re: newbie installation problem

What are you installing from? If you are installing over a network, you MUST make sure and map a drive letter to the source share. I have had (I think) this exact problem bite me before and that was always the culprit.

Good Luck
Tomas

In article <356B4CA7.735074DD_at_access-laserpress.com>,   "Kevin P. Fleming" <kfleming_at_access-laserpress.com> wrote:
>
> That version of Oracle7 won't work on NT 4.0, so I'm not surprised that
> the installation won't even complete.
>
> Rich Carpenter wrote:
> >
> > In trying to install Oracle 7.3.2.2.1 Workgroup Server on an NT Server 4.0
> > machine, I get about 75% through the process and get the following error:
> >
> > oemtab10.ins(35): FILE_NOT_FOUND while changing directory to
> > D:\ORANT\SYSMAN\ADMIN
> >
> > Can someone please help me out with this one? My steps during
> > installation are as follows:
> >
> > 1. [Language dialog] - Select English
> > 2. [Oracle Installation Settings dialog] - Company Name = Rich Carpenter,
> > Oracle Home = D:\ORANT (directory did not exist prior to installation)
> > 3. [Oracle 7 Workgroup Server dialog] - Select Database Server option button
> > 4. [Internal Credentials dialog] - Specify & confirm password for starter
> > database 'internal' account
> > 5. [Information dialog] - Confirm installation requirements (database that
> > will host the repository must be online, if it is a local database it must
> > be accessible via SQL Net V2 or IPC, etc.)
> > 6. [Repository Create and Drop dialog] - (4 options) Select "Create
> > Enterprise Manager Repository", Don't select "Drop Enterprise Manager
> > Repository", Select Create Performance Pack Repository", Don't Select "Drop
> > Performance Pack Repository"
> > 7. [Repository Credentials dialog] - Specify a username, password and
> > database name (have tried both omitting the database name and specifying a
> > non-existent database name. When database name is omitted, the default
> > <LOCAL> is used)
> >
> > At this point it begins the file copy and system setup portion of the
> > process. As I said, after about 75% completion, I receive the
> > above-mentioned error.
> >
> > Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
>

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