Re: 9i install quit right after setting installation types

DA Morgan <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:3E5F9364.FA69D62C_at_exesolutions.com...
> Konstantinos M wrote:
>
> > "Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:pan.2003.02.28.09.37.50.433537_at_yahoo.com.au...
> > > On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 13:51:19 +0000, Konstantinos M wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I went through many posts here and elsewhere but didn't find a
> > > > solution to my problem so I could definitely use some help.
> > > > I am installing 9i on a P4 Win 2K machine which has already 8.1.7 to
a
> > > > different oracle_home. I am having a problem because OUI quits right
> > > > after I pick the installation type (enterprise, standard, whatever),
> > > > and the installaction.log mentions no error but its last entry is
> > > > about prerequisite queries. I don't think it's the P4 bug, metalink
> > > > says this problem was fixed with 9i but just to make sure I am
> > > > installing from HD after renaming the symsomething.dll but still
have
> > > > the problem. Does anybody have any ideas what could be wrong ? I am
> > > > starting to get kinda desperate.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance
> > > > Kostas
> > >
> > >
> > > I wish we could clear this nonsense up once and for all. Oracle 8i
(that's
> > > EIGHT EYE) was released before the Pentium 4 processor, and hence the
> > > Pentium 4 bug. Oracle 9i was released after the Pentium 4 processor
had
> > > been around for a long time, and hence THERE IS NO PENTIUM 4 BUG IN
9I.
> > >
> > > There are zero problems installing 9i on a Windows machine that is
> > > *clean*.
> > >
> > > And that's all the advice I can give you.
> > >
> > > Sorry
> > > HJR
> >
> > Howard, I think you need a vacation.
> > Anyway, since we both agree it's not the P4 bug (stupid me tried
everything
> > cause I was desperate), and apart from yelling, do you have a solution ?
If
> > not, your advice besides wrong (*) is completely useless and your answer
> > irritating. It's like saying to a guy with a half loaded truck and
loading
> > problems that they would not have problems loading an empty one. Um ok,
> > yeah, thanks I guess.
> > I take the chance to mention here that older (2002) threads in Metalink
with
> > the exact same problem are unfortunately still open.
> >
> > (*) At home I had a clean w2k machine with NOTHING on, where I tried to
> > install 9i. The installer told me at the beginning that it cannot be
> > installed without service pack 1 (which I hadn't installed) and after I
> > installed the latter smoothly OUI aborted at 30something% saying that
the
> > SP1 was not installed. So much for the "zero problems installing 9i on a
> > Windows machine that is*clean*"
>
> Be easy on Howard on this one. This issue has come up so frequently that
he is
> just reflecting the feeling of many that a search of the google.com
archives
> would have saved him having to post the same advice for the zillionth
time.

I know it's coming up frequently, I spent 1 working day reading old & new posts from google. Besides I cannot see why one needs to raise tension when they can simply go on and read the next post. Plus I said I don't think it's this problem anyway.

> Now to the problem. Were I in your position I would remove all traces of
Oracle.
> Meaning run oradim, remove all file on the hard disk including those under
> PROGRAM FILES, clean out the registry, and then do a cold boot of the
system
> before reinstalling from scratch.

I am afraid that is not an option. The machine has Oracle IFS installed used for development every day, I cannot uninstall it. Thanks anyway though.

Kostas Received on Fri Feb 28 2003 - 12:27:54 CST