Re: Dr Watson error during Oracle 8 install

Addendum...

I actually found it at:

ftp://209.246.5.40/server/patchsets/wgt_tech/server/win32/win32_inst_y2k/

"W. Scott Moore" <sirws_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Lm6f4.96$kB3.5277_at_news.uswest.net...
> I have seen a lot of questions regarding this on all of the oracle
> newsgroups, so this is straight from oracle:
>
> ****************************
> ALERT: If your database is version 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 8.0.4, or 8.0.5 and
> your installer is not version 3.3.1.2.4 or higher, then your installer
> is not Y2k compliant. After the century date change, if the installer
> is run, a Dr. Watson error will occur. The patch that fixes this
> problem may be downloaded from the following URLs:
>
> ftp://209.246.5.40/server/patchsets/wgt_tech/server/win32/installer/33124/
>
> (or)
>
> http://metalink.oracle.com
>
>
>

"Doktor" <doktor_at_post.pl> wrote in message news:38907DEB.1661CF13_at_post.pl...
> Seb wrote:
> >
> > Hi everybody,
> > I met a problem during Oracle 8 installation under NT 4.0
> > SP5. At the end of the files copy, a Dr Watson error
> > occured :
> >
> > application error...exception at c0000005 adress 7779f8075
> > (gcvt)
> >
> > Does anybody have a solution ??
>
> Use a newer version of Oracle Installer (for ex. you can download it
> from Oracle Metalink)
Received on Thu Jan 27 2000 - 13:48:52 CST