Re: Windows 2000 install problem

From: Trent Glover <tlglove_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 01:06:29 GMT
Message-ID: <pcdW6.5880$aV1.545031@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>

Is there a workaround for the Linux version?

"Rick Robinson" <rick_at_oyarsa.com> wrote in message news:KjbV6.51791$V5.2080706_at_typhoon.columbus.rr.com...
> FYI....
>
> Doc ID: Note:131299.1
> Subject: Oracle Installer 8.1.X Hangs on Machines with Pentium 4
 Processors
> Type: ALERT
> Status: PUBLISHED
> Content Type: TEXT/PLAIN
> Creation Date: 02-JAN-2001
> Last Revision Date: 14-MAY-2001
>
>
> This alert was modified 14-May-2001 by modifying the
> vesions affected section to a generic RDBMS version and adding a
 simplified
> workaround.
>
> This alert was modified 16-January-2001 by specifying specific Oracle
> Universal
> Installer Versions in the the Versions Affected section.
>
>
> Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) for RDBMS 8.1.x Hangs on Machines
> with Pentium 4 Processors
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Versions Affected
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Oracle Universal Installer for RDBMS 8.1.x
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> Description
> ~~~~~~~~~~~
> When installing Oracle *8.1.x Server Products with the Oracle
> Universal Installer on machines that use the Sun JRE and Symmantec JIT,
 the
> installer
> hangs.
>
>
> Specifically for the Windows platform, versions of OUI lower than
> 1.7.1.9.0 will encounter this problem.
>
> Likelihood of Occurrence
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Any platform that uses the Intel Pentium 4 processor, with the
> Sun JRE and Symmantec JIT, OUI version 1.7.1.9.0 and earlier, will
> encounter this problem.
>
> Windows NT, Windows 2000 and NetWare platforms are confirmed to
> be affected.
>
>
> Possible Symptoms
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The failure typically is that the affected application simply
> terminates.
>
>
> Workarounds
> ~~~~~~~~~~~
> Solution 1.
>
> 1. Obtain patch number 1507768 from Metalink
>
> 2. unzip the patch
>
> 3. unjar the contents
>
> 4. Go to the directory
>
>
>

 .\cd\Disk1\stage\Components\oracle.swd.jre\1.1.7.30/1\DataFiles\Expan
> ded\jre\win32\bin\symcjit.dll
>
>
> rename symcjit.dll to symcjit.dll.ori
>
> 5. Invoke OUI and install OUI to disk
>
>
> cd ./cd/Disk1/stage/win32/setup.exe
>
>
> 6. Use the installed OUI to install the RDBMS
>
>
> 7. Invoke OUI from the start menu, and install RDBMS software.
>
>
> Solution 2.
>
> 1. Create a temporary directory on your server.
>
> 2. Copy the contents of the Oracle REBMS Server CD to the temporary
> directory created in step 1.
>
> 3. Search the directory structure created in step 1 for the existence of
> the filename symcjit.dll.
>
> 4. Rename each copy of the symcjit.dll to symcjit.old.
>
> 5. Run the setup.exe from the \install\win32 directory and install
> Oracle 8.1.x.
>
>
> Patches
> ~~~~~~~
> Currently there is not a patched installer available to deal with
> this problem, one of the two workarounds listed above must be used.
>
>
> References
> ~~~~~~~~~~
> [BUG:1507768] INSTALLER FAILS WHEN RUNNING ON NEW PENTIUM 4 (IV)
> PROCESSORS
>
> [BUG:1507946] INSTALLER FAILS WHEN RUNNING ON NEW INTEL PENTIUM 4
> (IV) PROCESSORS
>
>

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>
>
> "Rick Robinson" <rick_at_oyarsa.com> wrote in message
> news:RuTT6.1533$V5.322483_at_typhoon.columbus.rr.com...
> > I downloaded the 500+ MB file from OTN to install 8.1.7 on Windows 2000
 sp2.
> > When I try to run disk1\setup.exe, nothing happens. When I run
> > disk1\autorun\autorun.exe, I get the install start up and select
> > install/deinstall products, and nothing happens.
> >
> > I did note that when I run setup.exe, it looked like a jrew.exe started
 and
> > then wnet away at the same time startup.exe went away.
> >
> > Little help...
> >
> > tia,
> > R
> >
> >
>
>
>
Received on Thu Jun 14 2001 - 20:06:29 CDT