I am trying to insatll Oracle 8.1.7 on Windows XP running on Pentium 4 with
256 ram. When I hit the Install button, the hourglass cursor appears for a
short period of time (2-5 seconds), and then the installation progarm
disappears.
"Terry Dykstra" <dontreply_tdykstra_at_cfol.ab.ca> wrote in message
news:zyAB7.45677$Og4.5333342_at_news0.telusplanet.net...
> W2K would be an option. 816 and later are certified for that platform.
>
> --
> Terry Dykstra
> Canadian Forest Oil Ltd.
> "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message
> news:ttcscsc2vssp30_at_corp.supernews.com...
> > Oracle didn't certify any of their products for XP, and windoze sw is
> > usually not 100 percent downwards compatible.
> >
> > That should be enough, shouldn't it, or you must be really audacious.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Sybrand Bakker
> > Senior Oracle DBA
> >
> > "Glenn Nyhan" <gnyhan_at_bayarea.net> wrote in message
> > news:9r5fjt$dp$1_at_localhost.localdomain...
> > > I have the same question i.e. Does anyone know yet whether Oracle 8i
> > > Standard Edition is compatible with the new Microsoft XP operating
> system?
> > I
> > > am running Oracle 8i Standard Edition (installed Sept 1999) on a NT
4.0
> > > workstation but the computer is aging and will have to be replace at
the
> > > beginning of the New Year. In view of replacing the computer and
> > > re-installing Oracle 8i on the new machine, I was wondering if I
should
> > have
> > > the shop that makes my computers for me
> > > install NT 4.0 or if I can move to XP and still run 8i without
problems?
> > And
> > > what about running Forms 6i and Reports 6i? Will they work as well.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance to whoever can answer this question.
> > >
> > > Glenn
> > >
> > >
> > > Bigpond Newsgroups wrote in message ...
> > > >I just spoke to an Oracle Rep this morning... He said they had
received
> > an
> > > >internal communication stating that Oracle 9i was certified for XP.
> > > >
> > > >Can anyone elese confirm that before I leap over the edge?
> > > >
> > > >"Robert Chin" <chinman_at_optonline.net> wrote in message
> > > >news:X19x7.196671$w7.32031067_at_news02.optonline.net...
> > > >> If anyone has installed Oracle on XP or is going to....
> > > >> Please let us know how it goes.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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Received on Sun Oct 28 2001 - 01:57:39 CDT
