Beware! I have experienced some similar problems with the 8i installer. The
java based installed is prone to problems. I try it on one machine it works
fine, the next - it crashes. Make sure you are logged on as Administrator on
the NT box as I found out this helps! Not that Oracle installers have been
that great in the past (hey, thay are not in the installer biz -:>) but the
java installer REALLY has some problems. I have had better luck installing
Oracle on HP/AIX systems.
Jim Lewis wrote in message <8be7nk$1bg$1_at_carroll.library.ucla.edu>...
>After trying to install Oracle8i 8.1.6 client on our NT 4.0 box a
>couple of times I'm stumped.
>
>We have Oracle8i running on our Linux box so all we want to install on
>our NT machine is the client. The Universal Installer works its way
>through the Custom install of the 8.1.6 client stuff, and finishes
>without any apparent errors. Unfortunately, the install actually
>fails --- some client stuff is not installed at all (such as Net8
>Assistant, etc,) and some NT registry entries are not made.
>
>What might I have failed to do with the client install?
>
>By the way, is there any way to get the client for NT without having
>to load the entire Oracle8i for NT package just to be able to select
>the client to install? Both Sybase and DB2 have a very small and
>simple client install.
>
>
>
Received on Thu Mar 23 2000 - 00:00:00 CST
