Re: Made stupid mistake, how can I recover?

"Jesse" <jesjdavis_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>If the install froze in the middle, who knows what state things are in.
> A clean install might be easier (depending on your setup), but then
>again, diagnosing the problem would probably be a better learning
>experience. I guess it depends on how soon you need (if it's a need)
>to get Oracle back up and running.

This is a system that I installed at home to try to start to learn Oracle (plus a truckload of books! - mostly O'Reilly and Tom Kyte) - I guess I tried to install something that needs a network, and, as I said, it failed half-way through with an out of memory error.

Paul...

>Jesse

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