Re: Installing 9i fails - insufficient space on C: drive

There is, TMPDIR and/or TMP

Many programs however write to c:\windows\temp regardless any setting.

Hth

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"Andy Kent" <andykent.bristol.DontSpamMe_at_virgin.net> wrote in message
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> Isn't there some environment variable you can set so it puts the temp

files


> on a drive with more space?

>

>

> "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message

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> > On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 22:05:59 +0100, "Andy Kent"

> > <andykent.bristol.DontSpamMe_at_virgin.net> wrote:

> >

> > >Attempting to install 9i on w2k barfs when it tries to copy the sample

> > >database because there isn't enough room on my C: drive. But it seemed

> happy

> > >with the available space before it started the install. How to I fix

> this,

> > >other than by not installing a sample database?

> >

> > Clean up the C: drive?

> > The installer is written in Java, which means using lots of virtual

> > memory. Depending on your configuration the available disk space may

> > be insufficient.

> > Every Microsoft installation program has the problem it can't account

> > for already installed software, when it is checking free space.

> > How do you address this issue? By cleaning up the disk, I guess.

> >

> > Regards

> >

> >

> > Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

> >

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