Re: Oracle 8.1.7 Windows 2000 Install does Not Work

From: Free <faure_at_free.fr>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 14:39:59 GMT
Message-ID: <31_A6.30$7N4.66626@nnrp3.proxad.net>

This alert was nodified 16-January-2001 to Oracle : Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) for 8.1.x Hangs on Machines with Pentium 4

Versions Affected :

Oracle Universal Installer 1.6.0.9.0
Oracle Universal Installer 1.7.0.19.0
Oracle Universal Installer 1.7.1.9.0

Platforms Affected :

Any platform that uses the Intel Pentium 4 processor, with the Sun JRE and Symmantec JIT will encounter this problem. Windows NT, Windows 2000 and NetWare platforms are confirmed to be affected.

Solution :

1 - It is also recomended to configure Windows to use only 256 colors.

2 - Not only will OUI be affected by this bug, most of the post-install configuration tools will also be affected. Running these tools with "-nojit" specified will avoid the hang, but it is not simple to specify "-nojit" for some of the products.

The following workaround works for the Windows operating system:

Copy only the install directory from the CD to the hard disk ,say, e:\temp.
Open oraparam.ini and make the following modifications (Assuming CD drive is f:)
- Change the "SOURCE=" line to use the full path to the CD instead of a relative path. (i.e., SOURCE=f:\stage\products.jar)
- Change the "JRE_LOCATION" line to use the full path to the CD instead of a relative path. (i.e., JRE_LOCATION=f:\stage\Components\oracle\swd\jre\1.1.7\1\DataFiles\Expanded)
- Change the "OUI_LOCATION" line to use the full path to the CD instead of a relative path. (i.e., OUI_LOCATION=f:\stage\Components\oracle\swd\oui\1.6.0.9.0\1\DataFiles\Expand ed
- Change the "JRE_MEMORY_OPTIONS" line to add "-nojit" as the first argument. (i.e., JRE_MEMORY_OPTIONS=-nojit -ms16m -mx32m) ^^^^^^
- Other entries should remain the same
Launch setup.exe from the temporary location on your hard drive (i.e. e:\temp\install\win32\setup.exe). This will use the modified oraparam.ini and pick up the information from the CD since the absolute locations are specified.

Choose a Custom install and choose not to create a database during the install. This way, the Database Configuration Assistant will not be launched during installation.

The Net8 Configuration Assistant will still be launched, and there is no way to suppress it. You will need to kill the Net8 Configuration Assistant if it hangs due to the bug. The installation still will have been successful, and you can run the DBCA and NetCA after installation.

To kill NetCA if it hangs during installation: In the "Configuration Tools" window, highlight the "Net8 Configuration Assistant" and click "Stop". If that does not work, look for the most recent JRE process using the Task Manager, and kill it manually. NOTE: the OUI itself will also have a jre process. Be sure to kill the one with the most recent date, which should be the jre process being used for Net8CA, not the one for OUI itself.

After killing the configuration tools and continuing through the installation
to the "End of Installation" screen, you should modify the configuration tools
to use "-nojit", then call the appropriate tools from the Start Menu.

Once installation is complete, each of the following files in the ORACLE_HOME
needs to be modified:

assistants\dbca\dbassist.cl
assistants\dbma\dbmig.cl
assistants\ifa\ifa.cl

bin\elogin.cl
bin\owm.cl

ldap\oidamdin\oidadmin.cl
network\tools\netasst.cl
network\tools\netca.cl

owm\install\instelogin.cl
owm\install\instowm.cl

Edit the contents of the above files to add "-nojit" as shown below:

Command=("C:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.1.7\BIN\JREW" -nojit -classpath ....
this is the only thing you need to add --> ^^^^^^

Then, launch the necessary tools, like Net8CA and DBCA from the Start Menu.

"John Godfrey" <member_at_dbforums.com> a écrit dans le message news: gYNA6.3707$E63.105306_at_news1.onlynews.com...
> I am trying to install Oracle 8.1.7 Personal Edition on Windows 2000
> Professional SP1. Every time I hit the Install button, the hourglass
> appears for 2 seconds, and the Setup program disappears (Nothing
> Happens). The same thing happens when I try to install the Oracle
> Documentation CD.
>
> I am logged on as administrator - the computer is a Dell 3300 with 512
> ram and a Pentium 4. The computer is part of a home network (it is in a
> WORKGROUP with 2 Win 98 machines).
>
> No clues exist in the event log, and Oracle never creates any files at
> all (as far as I can tell).
>
> Has anyone got any ideas, or is anyone else having this problem?
>
> (My system path statement includes C:\winnt\system32, I've never seen an
> NT box that did not).
>
>
>
>
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