I have installed Oracle 9i on a portable running XP - I haven't encountered
any problems ... yet.
Oracle IAS9i is a no-no for XP !
"Lance" <lancehatfield_at_atl.mediaone.net> wrote in message
news:ZwRD7.3467$KE2.2390859_at_typhoon.jacksonville.mediaone.net...
> Thanks for the reply. I am looking to upgrade to XP, but haven't seen
> anything being offered by Oracle for that platform. Has Oracle certified
8i
> (or 9i) for XP?
>
> I won't argue the point about Win98, but in it's defense, I haven't had a
> memory leak problem (at least, nothing nearly as dramatic as what is
> currently happening) in the 2+ years I've been running on it. It wasn't
> until I extracted the 8.1.7 zip file that the problem occurred. Not
saying
> it's Oracle's fault, but somehow, this triggered the situation. No other
> changes had/have been made to my system for at least a week prior to this.
>
> One point I failed to mention in my original post, which could very well
be
> part of the problem is that I am running 96MB ram.
>
> My main goal right now is to stop the leak, as it is a royal pain in the
> a$$. Of course, if it continues, it might help convince my wife to let me
> upgrade with a new PC altogether! Seriously though, I rather fix this
issue
> for now.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Lance
>
> "Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr_at_www.com> wrote in message
> news:3bdf6ad4$0$27003$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> > Well, two key phrases in your post sprang to my attention: "Even before
I
> > ran the Universal Installer...." and "I uninstalled all the Oracle
> > files...and am still experienceing the memory leak".
> >
> > The other key phrase was "...for Win98".
> >
> > You're using a dodgy operating system that experienced memory problems
> > before Oracle got anywhere near your machine. Incidentally, the idea of
> > using third-party memory utilities on Win98 is a disaster waiting to
> happen.
> >
> > It's got zilch to do with Oracle, and everything to do with Windows 98
(or
> > your particular configuration of it, anyway). Do yourself a favour, and
> > upgrade to Windows XP Home -memory leaks will be a thing of the past,
and
> > Oracle will work quite nicely on it. (If you insist, go for Windows
2000
> > Professional -which is basically XP, but without all the glitz). Not a
> > cheap option, I agree. And I won't even say that Oracle never has
memory
> > leaks, because it does, occasionally -but not before you run the
installer
> > it doesn't!
> >
> > Regards
> > HJR
> > --
> >
> > Oracle Resources : http://www.geocities.com/howardjr2000
> > ========================================
> >
> >
> > "Lance" <lancehatfield_at_atl.mediaone.net> wrote in message
> > news:H2JD7.3304$KE2.2233643_at_typhoon.jacksonville.mediaone.net...
> > > Good evening,
> > >
> > > Hoping someone here might be able to point me in the right direction
> with
> > a
> > > problem I've encountered. I recently downloaded 8.1.7 for Win98 to
help
> > > study for OCP. Even before I ran the Universal Installer, but after
> > > extracting the zip file, I noticed that my PC was experiencing a
serious
> > > memory leak.
> > >
> > > I successfully ran the installer, but noticed that the memory leak was
> > > horrendous. I decided to go ahead and uninstall all the Oracle files,
> and
> > > deleted all the folders associated with the installation and the
> extracted
> > > zip file. However, I am still experiencing the memory leak. For
> example,
> > > if I start up or reboot my computer, once it has fully cycled through
> the
> > > startup, the pc is running with about 15% memory free. I can free it
up
> > > (using MaxMem), but it will quickly run back down, without running any
> > > programs.
> > >
> > > I'd appreciate any suggestions anyone might have for this newbie.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Wed Oct 31 2001 - 13:41:17 CST
