Re: Errors installing Personal Oracle 7

From: Keith Majkut <kmajkut_at_netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 19:09:25 GMT
Message-ID: <kmajkutD32vvq.Cpv_at_netcom.com>


In article <3g952o$adc_at_larch.cc.swarthmore.edu>, R Glenn Stauffer <stauffer_at_cc.swarthmore.edu> wrote:
>moswald_at_unmc.edu (Mike Oswald) writes:
>> In the /PO7_WIN/INSTALL directory there are some release notes that will
>> answer this question for you. FileName: RELEASE.PO7
>>
>
>Is the po7_win batch file supposed to create an install directory tree?
>
>I ran the batch file and expanded the exe file. Everything gets dumped
>into one directory (where it was expanded). I see that the exe is called
>with -d -n which I believe is supposed to recreate a directory structure.
>
>Anyway, when I run the installer, it starts OK and then craps out with
>any of several messages saying that it couldn't verify a file. When I
>click the OK button, the installer quits.
>
>If anyone has a tip to getting this thing installed, I'd appreciate it.
>
>Glenn Stauffer
Someone mentioned that the .BAT file is bad in some way and that if you simply extract it yourself using po7_win -d -n that it will create the directory structure and you can install fine. If you use pkunzip -v po7_win.exe you should see the directory structure inside the zip...
>
Received on Fri Jan 27 1995 - 20:09:25 CET

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