Re: Installing 8.1.7 tip

I have a similar problem with the 8.1.6. installation, if I choose Typical I'm fine, but if I choose Custom the Installer bombs on me.

I agonized over this for over a day before I finally figured out how to prevent the installer errors.

--Pat

Van Messner wrote:
>
> I've done three installs so far and the installer is definitely quirky.
> The solutions posted on Metalink did not work for us. You cannot count on
> either the typical or minimal installs working. Instead choose a custom
> install. The first time through uncheck everything you are permitted to
> uncheck and install the bare minimum (less than Oracle's minimum install).
> Then install the other pieces a few at a time saving the web pieces for next
> to last and the OEM pieces for last.
> As always if you choose several pieces at one time and the installer
> chokes you probably won't get any of those pieces installed. Unfortunately,
> the installer takes about three minutes from the time you press "next
> install" until you can actually choose anything else to install. It takes
> about 1.5 hours to get every piece installed, if your site needs to have
> everything, so leave enough time. And that doesn't include a sample
> database, which can take another 1.5 hours if you need a lot of the Java
> capabilities.
> By comparison a typical install of Personal Oracle 8.1.5 on an Windows
> 2000 laptop with a database takes only around 45 minutes.
>
> Van
Received on Fri Mar 02 2001 - 11:22:12 CST