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Howard J. Rogers wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:53:18 +0100, Konstantinos M wrote:
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>>"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*"
Bottom line: "this is not a P4" may be a Xeon... with the same issues on 8i (mind you - Not 9i!) installations. Perhaps the Xeon is P4's big brother?
-- Regards, Frank van BortelReceived on Mon Mar 03 2003 - 13:46:53 CST