Re: Still can't reinstall on W2K

Did all that, but still no luck.

Any more suggestions?

"Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message news:3c5951b9$0$231$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net...
> as well as deleting the oracle registry keys also delete all oracle
related
> directories and services (including program files\oracle which contains
the
> inventory of installed products.)
>
>
> --
> Niall Litchfield
> Oracle DBA
> Audit Commission UK
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> "Andy Kent" <andykent.bristol.DontSpamMe_at_virgin.net> wrote in message
> news:mB%58.4098$zB.841679_at_news2-win.server.ntlworld.com...
> > I've been trying unsuccesfully to reinstall Oracle 8i on a W2K box. As
> > suggested here I've consulted Note 124353.1 on the subject of manual
> > reinstall and removed everything it says from the HDD and registry.
Still
> > the reinstall fails without error at 3%.
> >
> > I've searched the registry for any key containing "ora" and removed any
> that
> > look vaguely Oracle-related. Still no luck. I've even tried reformatting
> my
> > C: drive and doing a clean install of W2K (though with the other drives
in
> > place). Still no.
> >
> > The weirdest thing of all is that at each reinstall attempt, UI knows
the
> > name and destination of my last installation attempt. Weird or what.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me where it gets the name and destination from? Is there
a
> > hidden file I'm mising or something?
> >
> > The only other thing I can think of is that I've upgraded my chip and
MoBo
> > to a 1.4GHz Athlon since the first time I installed 8i.
> >
> > Any clues?
> >
> >
> > --
> > -Andy Kent-
> > Bristol, England
> >
> > Remove '.DontSpamMe' from return address to respond.
> >
> >
> >
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>
Received on Thu Jan 31 2002 - 15:51:00 CST