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"Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message
news:3c9a0c90$0$230$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net...
> I'd expect at least one more version 9i release 3. Bear in mind as well
that
> your experience is not necessarily representative. You might equally have
> found that you had such a new machine that the 8i installer would refuse
to
> run at all on your machine.
Except that I've just uninstalled 9i, then installed 8i (on the same server)
and configured a database and a repository with it since posting the last
message!
Much much much quicker than 9i!
> ******************************************
> "Wyrm" <afdng_at_wyrm.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1016725823.21996.0.nnrp-14.c29f1e83_at_news.demon.co.uk...
> > Hi.
> >
> > Further to an earlier thread where I was having problems installing
Oracle
> > 9i and creating a database on Win2k SP2. These are my findings.
> >
> > I did a complete clean reinstall of Win2k plus SP2.
> > The installation (Software Only) of 9i went OK.
> > However, when I tried to create a database using the Database
> Configuration
> > Assistant it crashed on the last step and rebooted the server. The
> database
> > had not been created properly and could not be seen by Enterprise
Manager.
> > Does this happen on other systems?
> >
> > I really can't afford the time to create the database again - it took
> > several hours to try to create this one - so I'm going to wipe 9i and
use
> 8i
> > (8.1.7) instead.
> > I was able to install 8i and configure a database on another Win2k SP2
> > server in less time than 9i took to fail to create a database alone!
> > Evidently 9i still has issues and until a Service Pack (or updated
> version)
> > is released for it, I can't see myself using it (or recommending it) on
> > Win2k SP2.
> > Does anyone know if there is a new version in the pipeline?
> >
> > Laurence Mee.
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Thu Mar 21 2002 - 10:59:13 CST