Re: Oracle 8i an P4 Xeon

Any platform that uses the Intel Pentium 4 processor, with Sun JRE and Symantec JIT will encounter this problem. Windows NT, Windows 2000, and NetWare operating systems are confirmed to be affected.

Currently there is not a patched Installer available to deal with this problem. One of the workarounds listed below must be used.

Workarounds

Workaround 1:

1. Obtain the OUI application (~17.5MBs) under patch number 1507768 in Metalink:
2. Click Patches button
3. Enter 1507768 in the Patch Number field
4. Click Submit
5. Download the patch
6. Unzip the patch.
7. Unzip the contents to a directory (~20MBs).
8. Navigate to: \cd\Disk1\stage\Components\oracle.swd.jre\1.1.7.30\1\DataFiles\Expanded\jre\win32\bin\symcjit.dll

       Rename symcjit.dll to symcjit.dll.old

    5. Invoke the OUI executable from the following directory, and install the

       OUI to your hard disk:

        cd .\cd\Disk1\install\win32\setup.exe6.

       Use/Invoke this installed OUI from Start menu > Programs, to install

       Oracle 8.1.x and related products.

Workaround 2:

1. Create a temporary directory on your server.
2. Copy the entire contents of the Oracle RDBMS Server CD to the temporary directory created in step 1.
3. Search the directory structure created in Step 1 for the existence of the filename symcjit.dll.
4. Rename each copy of the symcjit.dll to symcjit.old.
5. Run the setup.exe from the \install\win32 directory and install Oracle 8.1.x and related products.

Workaround 3:
If you continue to experience any of the symptoms after performing either of
the workarounds above, follow these steps:

1. Copy the contents of the \install directory to a temporary directory on your harddisk.
2. Search for all copies of the 'symcjit.dll' file, and rename them to symcjit.old'.
3. Go to the \install directory and open the 'oraparam.ini' file for editing. Please note this file is write-protected.
4. Change the JRE_MEMORY_OPTIONS parameter to

            JRE_MEMORY_OPTIONS=-nojit -ms16m -mx32m

    5. Save the oraparam.ini file.    

    6. Start the installation again.

I have tried out workaround 2 and 3 which perfectly works. Remember you have to run the setup.exe from the \install\win32\setup.exe. Running setup.exe from the root folder also works but in my case the setup hung at 63% and never got completed. Running the setup from \install\win32\setup.exe successfully installed Oracle. On can also opt for downloading "patch number 1507768 " from metalink.oracle.com. But I didn't try this one. regards
Trivender $ingh

"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:<iLCxa.36989$1s1.527745_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com>...
> Antoine,
>
> The answer to the Pentium 4 bug is not rocket science, and doesn't require
> the opening of an iTar or anything particularly tricky.
>
> To the original poster: copy the installation CD to disk, find all
> references to a file called symjitc.dll, and rename it to symjitc.old, and
> then run the installation from the hard disk. Problem solved.
>
> Regards
> HJR
>
> "Antoine BRUNEL" <antoinebrunel/yahoo.fr> wrote in message
> news:3ec6cb6e$0$14409$79c14f64_at_nan-newsreader-03.noos.net...
> > hi from Paris
> >
> > this time it is true that you are facing some of the bugs dues to P4 intel
> > CPU.
> >
> >
> > just open an iTAR, this is a known bug (or do a search on
> > http://metalink.oracle.com), there is a new JRE version available as a
> > patch, in order to install 8i on P4 machines...
> >
> >
> > My opinion is that: windoze is not a issue, install linux instead on intel
> > machines !!!!
> >
> > "Patrice Castet" <patrice.castet@___nospaaaaam____in-fusio.com> a écrit
> dans
> > le message de news:3ec4dc05.364912421_at_read.news.fr.uu.net...
> > > with some details about what went wrong it might be possible !
> > > 8-)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 16 May 2003 13:09:38 +0200, "gt" <g.torre_at_giove.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > >I have problems installig Oracle 8.1.7 on a dual P4 Xeon server (win
> 2k ).
> > > >
> > > >Can anyone help me?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
Received on Wed Jun 04 2003 - 07:12:41 CDT