Re: Oracle 8i personal edition on Windows XP

I have installed Oracle 8160, 8170 and 9i on windows XP with out any issues, however I had the cd's not the download, but I had installed oracle9i from a download on w2k with no problems,

samanthakaya_at_hotmail.com (Samantha) wrote in message news:<7bd5ec56.0201180611.24e45df9_at_posting.google.com>...
> "Magnus" <thyking1_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<7gL18.16119$n81.4349084_at_typhoon.southeast.rr.com>...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have problems installing Oracle 8i personal edition on my pc that is
> > running Windows XP. It gives me an error during the installation and then it
> > quits. Is this version of Oracle incompatible with Windows XP? If so, are
> > there any upgrades?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > /Magnus
>
> None of the Oracle 8i database products are certified for Windows XP.
> Some people have gotten it to work but there are no guarantees, plus
> if there is a problem Oracle will not help you out. Their newest
> version 9i is compatible with XP though. To get around this problem
> myself I just went ahead and dual booted my PC so that I can use 8i in
> a Windows 2k environment because I have to also use Deisgner and
> Developer 6i. If you want to try to install 8i on XP you can find the
> tips on getting it to work on www.oracle.com/forums do a search on
> windows xp.
>
> -Samantha
Received on Fri Jan 25 2002 - 19:17:14 CET