Re: Again about Oracle 8i on Win XP Pro
From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:17:23 -0700
Message-ID: <1095729515.293867_at_yasure>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I've installed Oracle 8i enterprise edition on P-III box which has XP
>>pro(SP1), after installation it worked fine and after I rebotted my box it
>>stopped working and I checked the services for oracle and it says "Starting"
>>as status instead of "Started".
>>I've uninstalled the Oracle and reinstalled three times and found the same
>>problem all the time.
>>
>>PS.
>>Don't mention Oracle 9i, I need help specificly for 8i
>>
>>What can I do to solve this?
>>Thanks
>>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:17:23 -0700
Message-ID: <1095729515.293867_at_yasure>
Sybrand Bakker wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 17:01:52 +0200, "ANSWER" <bojan_at_blic.net> wrote: > >
>>Hi,
>>
>>I've installed Oracle 8i enterprise edition on P-III box which has XP
>>pro(SP1), after installation it worked fine and after I rebotted my box it
>>stopped working and I checked the services for oracle and it says "Starting"
>>as status instead of "Started".
>>I've uninstalled the Oracle and reinstalled three times and found the same
>>problem all the time.
>>
>>PS.
>>Don't mention Oracle 9i, I need help specificly for 8i
>>
>>What can I do to solve this?
>>Thanks
>>
> > > Nothing. Oracle 8i is not certified on XP and will be desupported > anyway end of this year. > > > -- > Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
I agree with Sybrand. Rejecting the one and only solution available is not a good move on your part. If you can upgrade ... upgrade now. If not then time to go back to W2K understanding, of course, that you are within ~100 days of desupport.
-- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)Received on Tue Sep 21 2004 - 03:17:23 CEST