Re: HELP : Problem setting up Personal Oracle on PC at home.

In article <741587609wnr_at_tilney.demon.co.uk>, 'Mike Higgs' <mike_at_tilney.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>I tried to set up the Personal Oracle CD on my PC at home and hit a big
>problem.
>The machine is a 486DX50, 20MB ram, 840 MB Hard disk running Windows
>3.11
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>I ran the Installation, and it seemed to complete successfully, though
>it didn't give the messages mentioned in the documentation.
>
>The problem is that when I try to startup the database, using the
>database manager icon ( traffic lights ), it freezes the PC in a big
>way, ie. even the Caps lock key stops working, the mouse doesn't move
>and I have to hit the reset button.
>
>Instead of starting it this way, I tried to use SQL*DBA. I connect
>internal, startup nomount ( successfully ), then tried to alter
>database mount, this stage freezes the machine again.
>
>I have followed the pre-installation tasks, like installing win32s,
>removing the write part of smartdrv ( though windows 3.11 ) doesn't
>really use smartdrv, it has internal caching ( could this be the
>problem? ). I don't have the microsoft sound system installed etc.
>
>I have spent hours messing with this and have tried starting from
>scratch a number of times and I feel like I'm not that far away from it
>now, if someone can possibly help or advise me on what could be wrong,
>I'd really appreciate it. Please post or email.
>
>Thanks.
Did you try running the Win32s card games to test Win32s on your PC? Also, you might want to try changing to vanilla VGA and trying it. Most of the problems on this nature are due to Win32 problems-incompatabilities of Win32s and video drivers are many.

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>Mike Higgs mike_at_tilney.demon.co.uk
>Unix Systems Administrator
>Tilney & Co.
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Received on Fri Apr 19 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST