Re: Oracle Installer doesn't work in WinME

From: Chris Boyle <cboyle_at_no.spam.hargray.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 09:53:56 -0400
Message-ID: <9ondt4$7edc$1_at_news3.infoave.net>

[Quoted] From the ODTUG mail list:::

I did a search elsewhere on the 'net and found a couple of messages - tried the fix and I now have Oracle 8i vs. 8.1.6 loaded. I'm posting the 2 messages in case they help anyone else.
Now for Developer - and to try and get the two talking!

Malcolm

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Posted by Ashraf (212.138.47.12) on July 24, 2001 at 20:21:00:

In Reply to: Personal Oracle on Windows ME posted by Vishal on July 24, 2001 at 06:01:18:

  To install properly.....

  Do the following to install Personal Oracle 8i for Windows98 on a Windows ME machine:

1. Edit the win.ini file
2. Go to the [Compatibility95] section
3. Add Jrew=0x00080000 in the [Compatibility95] section
4. Save the win.ini file and reboot your machine

  This fix lets the Java Runtime Engine know that this is a Windows95 compatible machine. Before the fix it does not recognize the operating system and that is why it
  fails.

ashraf_pm_at_hotmail.com

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> Try and see if this works:
>
> Oracle 8.1.5 Personal Edition - FIX #1
> Oracle does not support installing version 8.1.5 PE into Windows
  Millennium.
>
> As an unsupported workaround, you may add the following line to the
> [compatibility95] section of win.ini prior to installation:
  Jrew=0x00080000
>
> After setup is complete, Oracle will recommend a reboot. There is one
> additional step necessary prior to reboot; Oracle may add a non-standard
> path statement to the autoexec.bat file. Please modify this SET PATH
> statement to use short-filenames if you find a quoted LFN string
  represented
> as part of the path. You can
> confirm that the path was merged successfully into the registry after
  reboot
> by examining the PATH variable
> in the registry at
> HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\Environment
>
> Symptoms of a missing Oracle path statement in the registry are that
Net8
> Easy Config will not launch.
>
> Please note that Oracle does not support the use of this product in
  Windows
> ME, but have authorized these workarounds for testing purposes only.
>
> Let me know if this works, I would like to know.
>
> Thanks,
>
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > Prateek Amar Agarwala
> > Programmer Analyst
> > Supply Chain - Transportation, Ford AMC
> > Ford Motor Company

>-----Original Message-----
>Sent:    Sun, 23 Sep 2001 04:40:18 -0800
>To:      ODTUG-DEV2K-L_at_fatcity.com
>
>
>Help!
>I've just upgraded my computer - the new one came with
>Windows ME. I tried loading Personal Oracle onto it
>with no success - just error messages.
>I see from Metalink that this appears to be a known
>problem. Has anyone managed to load Personal Oracle
>- either 8i or 7 - onto ME? I don't want to start
>rebuilding a brand new computer
>
>Thanks
>
>Malcolm

CoaxMetal <tAKeOUtvrani_at_singnet.com.sg> wrote in message news:9of6h8$u9r$1_at_dahlia.singnet.com.sg...

> Is there any way around this? Windows Millennium OS here.
>
> It gives an error of something like "error reading the source file. check

to

> see the paths are valid".
>
> Im trying to install Oracle 8i PE
>
> Thanks in advance ..
>
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