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fagelot_at_alinto.com wrote:
> Hi folks,
> Pls help me I've a problem by installing my oracle 9i. Let me describe
> first what I have done.
> So I have a PC running having 2 OS, winXPSP2 and Linux SuSE. I got a
> Oracle 9i and installed it on vindoz and it was ok at the beginning but
> at the end I got some error which was not really a problem as the
> message said by creating the database. I want to reinstall it again but
> first I deinstall. And my error was that I forgot to disable all oracle
> process still running before deinstalling. I verified my HDD and it
> still occupied 4GB of space disk, I try to stop the process and delete
> manually the folder containing oracle without making any change in the
> registry change.
> I tried to reinstall oracle and I got a message error similar like this
> :
> "an error occured by accessing the staging area. Please make sure the
> specified values for SOURCE and DESTINATION are valid".
> What does it mean exactly ?
> I precise that the database work fine before I deinstalled it.
>
> Help me... I want to know more about oracle database.
Oracle is telling you that the location of the STAGE directory, as specified in the installer field is not correct.
-- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond) Puget Sound Oracle Users Group www.psoug.orgReceived on Sun Jun 11 2006 - 16:06:03 CDT