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On Fri, 21 Aug 1998 17:32:27 -0700, John <narbaitz_at_solution-soft.com>
wrote:
>Hi,
>I'm completely new to Oracle and DBMS in general. I have acquired an
>eval copy
>of Oracle8 from the Oracle store. It came with no installation or user
>manual. I need
>to do an installation on a SPARC 5 running Solaris 2.5.1. Oracle has not
>been at all
>responsive to my requests for documentation.
>
From the Trial Software Download Page:
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You can browse Installation Assistance for most Oracle products at http://www.oracle.com/support/html/. Have you tried this?
>I would be grateful for any help in installing Oracle from the cdrom.
>Plus, for pointers
>to any good resources for getting started using Oracle8. Thanks,
>
>John Narbaitz
>narbaitz_at_solution-soft.com
>
>
Thanks!
Joel
Joel R. Kallman Oracle Government, Education, & Health
Columbus, OH http://govt.us.oracle.com jkallman@us.oracle.com http://www.oracle.com
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