Re: CAN'T INSTALL 8.17 on win 2k

From: andrey <aakit_at_softhome.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 14:44:28 +0400
Message-ID: <9q18q1$1a2b$1@josh.sovintel.ru>

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:

1. Copy only the install directory from the CD to the hard disk ,say, e:\temp.
2. 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
3. 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.

The JDK/JRE files are the problem... there are several different things that need to be patched, but by replacing all there I was able to install on my 1.5GHz Pentium 4.

There are 4 jar files under stage\components\oaicommon\3.1.3\1\datafiles - just open them up with WinZip and drop the updated files on there.

There is also a jar file under
stage\components\oracle.apache.jdk\1.2.2a\1\datafiles

There are two directories that need to be updated... stage\components\oracle.obm.jdk.1.1.8\1\datafiles\expanded\jdk118_nt and stage\components\oracle\swd.jre\1.1.7.30\1\datafiles\expanded\jre\win32

"aK" <in2u2_at_earthlink.net> wrote in message news:fgNw7.3716$0Z6.155033_at_newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net...
> yes it is pent 4. can't seem to work :(
>
>
> "andrey" <aakit_at_softhome.net> wrote in message
> news:9puim1$1g2l$1_at_josh.sovintel.ru...
> > pentium 4 ?
> >
> > "aK" <in2u2_at_earthlink.net> wrote in message
> > news:AQvw7.14687$2p1.1466000_at_newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net...
> > > I have tried your way, but it doesn't work :(
> > > any other idea?
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > "Mike" <nospam_at_please.com> wrote in message
> > > news:Bdtw7.24$P67.546_at_wa.nnrp.telstra.net...
> > > > Yeah, the root level setup program doesn't work, you have to use
the
> > > > setup.exe program in the win32 subdirectory...
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > > "aK" <in2u2_at_earthlink.net> wrote in message
> > > > news:77bw7.10299$3i3.1166790_at_newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net...
> > > > > hi, can any one of you help me what is wrong with my ORACLE? When
I
> > > click
> > > > > on "install/deinstall" button cd drive seems to be spinning for a
> min
> > > then
> > > > > it just stops and doesn't install on to my win 2k pro box. has
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> > > > > experienced the same?
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