Re: Installer problems

In article <264ql6$erf_at_nermal.cs.uoguelph.ca>, showie_at_uoguelph.ca (Steve Howie) writes:
|> John Peach (epeas_at_abds7.aberdeen.chevron.com) wrote:
|>
|> : I've installed 7.0.12 on 9000/8x7 under 9.00. I never got the permanent staging
|> : area to work :-(. However, if you install straight from the DAT tape every time,
|> : you should have no problems....
|>
|> Tried that too ... Complained about missing files in the SQL*NET V1
|> install, then died. The Support Center told me to
|>
|> a) Use the Bourne Shell on the Installation i.d. (!?)
|> b) Use a permenant staging area, and don't try a direct install.

You could _try_ the following, which was suggested to me by our San Ramon site (it didn't do anything for my installation, though!)

We managed to get 7.0.12 installed the first time but we couldn't get the SQL*Net Listeners up. When we tried to reinstall - the installer was giving us messages that some of the products were not in the staging area, even when they were there. The products would not install at this point. We could not install directly from tape - it put everything in a staging area anyway.

The fix let us install directly from tape and eliminated the error messages we were getting.

There is a bug in the install for Oracle7 7.0.12 on the HP Series 700. Here is the work around.....

1. Read in the installer using the documented: cpio -iudcB < /dev/rmt/Xxx
2. Make a backup copy of the $ORACLE_HOME/orainst/oitape.
3. Edit the $ORACLE_HOME/orainst/oitape file and replace the following line located after the "skip" label of the CASE statement (line 106)

       mt -t $NOREW_TAPE_DEV fsf 1 ;

     with:

       cpio -icudBt < $NOREW_TAPE_DEV 2>/dev/null;;

4) Continue on with the install by starting the installer

   as documented.

|>
|> Scotty
|>
|> p.s. How *is* Aberdeen? I wuz born there :)

Still here - must depend on when you left as to what the changes are!

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