Re: Odd Installation Question

I guess it's the first time for you too ?

> The 8.1.5 version doesn't have an orainst directory. The guy swears
> up and down that 8.1.5 is completely and successfully installed. I've
> never seen an ORACLE_HOME without an orainst subdirectory before. I
> think he screwed up and probably needs to re-install 8.1.5

Starting from 8i, Oracle uses the oraInventory, which contains all dependencies and installed products...

> Can I use the orainst in the 7.3.4 Oracle directory with my
> $ORACLE_HOME set to the 8.1.5 home and create a good 8.1.5 instance?
> Or will everything be horribly mucked up if I do this?

hehe - this will most definitely screw up things or at least fail ... BUT you can blame it on the guy who installed it ! Just run dbca in the 8.1.5 environment ....

"Watson Davis" <watson_at_watsonmusic.com> wrote in message news:BD59C31AA25F7E44.620B00952B8A5A66.0698BC6877C5978D_at_lp.airnews.net...
> I'm supposed to create an Oracle instance on this one machine (Sun,
> Solaris). We've already got one instance in Oracle 7.3.4 on this
> machine and the instance I'm supposed to create is in Oracle 8.1.5.
> The guy that installed both versions of the software had never
> installed Oracle prior to this.
>
> We've got a setup similar to this on another machine (that we're
> having to migrate off for various and sundry reasons.)
>
> The 8.1.5 version doesn't have an orainst directory. The guy swears
> up and down that 8.1.5 is completely and successfully installed. I've
> never seen an ORACLE_HOME without an orainst subdirectory before. I
> think he screwed up and probably needs to re-install 8.1.5
>
> BUT
>
> Can I use the orainst in the 7.3.4 Oracle directory with my
> $ORACLE_HOME set to the 8.1.5 home and create a good 8.1.5 instance?
> Or will everything be horribly mucked up if I do this?
>
> Watson
Received on Fri Apr 05 2002 - 11:45:51 CST