Re: Can not install Oracle9iDS download

From: Frank <fbortel_at_home.nl>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 12:59:15 +0100
Message-ID: <3DFF1193.3040804_at_home.nl>

Bricklen Anderson wrote:

> I can't help solve your problem, but I can add that I had the same thing
> happen on two machines, while the third worked. All three were running
> Win 2k Advanced Server. One machine P4, one P3, and one P2. The P4
> version is the one that worked. I tried downloading and recreating the
> .exe several times with the two machines that failed, but that didn't
> help.
> 
> Hope you resolve your problem!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bricklen
> 
> Jim wrote:
> 

>>I've been trying to install Oracle 9i Developer Suite, downloaded
>>in 10 files from the Oracle OTN website. I've been trying to install
>>it on a Windows 2000 Pro system.
>>
>>On the Oracle OTN website the instructions for installing the Oracle
>>9i Developer Suite download files say to run File 10, a batch file, to
>>combine the 9 download files that make up the Developer Suite.
>>
>>I have executed this batch file and it apparently successfully creates
>>an executable file, "90201iDS_Win32.exe". The instructions then say
>>to execute this file. Unfortunately this fails, with a message that
>>this file cannot be executed in DOS mode. Well, I have tried to
>>execute this file by double-clicking on it, by using the RUN function
>>in the START menu, and by manually executing it in a CMD window.
>>All result in the message "...cannot be executed in DOS mode."
>>
>>Has anyone else seen this problem, or have some guidance for me
>>in resolving this problem?

>

Open it, using WinZip (or another ZIP package).

Grtz, Frank Received on Tue Dec 17 2002 - 12:59:15 CET