Re: patch for pentium IV workaround

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: 8 Jan 2002 01:42:35 -0800
Message-ID: <a20d28ee.0201080142.5f84c05d_at_posting.google.com>

jnam_at_sunnydale.com (jnam) wrote in message news:<3c35fd69.84046452_at_news>...
> On 4 Jan 2002 01:02:26 -0800, postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl (Sybrand
> Bakker) wrote:
>
> >jnam_at_sunnydale.com (jnam) wrote in message news:<3c34ff08.18924872_at_news>...
> >> Hi all:
> >>
> >> I have tried to get to the Metalink web site but cannot. Is there any
> >> other way of getting the patch, number 1507768 from Metalink or
> >> Oracle?
> >>
> >> I am trying to install the free Oracle8i personal edition, but of
> >> course I can't. And I don't have a membership to the Oracle/Metalink
> >> in order to get the patch. Any help?
> >>
> >> Thanks to all.
> >>
> >> jnamiyo
> >
> >The workaround has been described many times in comp.databases.oracle.server
> >Please search the archives at groups.google.com
> >
> >Hth
> >
> >Sybrand Bakker
> >Senior Oracle DBA
>
> I've seen this work around but you obviously did not read my message.
> Google only gives the solution as Metalink BUT I CAN'T GET INTO
> METALINK hence my original post.
>
> jnamiyo

I'm not sure who of us two has trouble reading, or are you just lazy. anyway, I DID READ YOUR POST!!
and a simple search on pentium 4 +install would have resulted in the following solution

Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) for 8.1.x Hangs on Machines with Pentium 4
Processors

Versions Affected

Oracle 8.1.5

Oracle Universal Installer 1.6.0.9.0

Oracle 8.1.6

Oracle Universal Installer 1.7.0.19.0

Oracle 8.1.7

Oracle Universal Installer 1.7.1.9.0

Platforms Affected

Any platform that uses the Intel Pentium 4 processor, with the Sun JRE
and Symmantec JIT will encounter this problem. Windows NT, Windows 2000
and NetWare platforms are confirmed to be affected.

Description

When installing Oracle Products with the Oracle Universal Installer (8.1.x)
on machines that use the Sun JRE and Symmantec JIT, the installer hangs.

Specifically for the Windows platform, the following version of the Symmantec
JIT or earlier will encounter the failure:

Symantec Java! JustInTime Compiler Version 3.10.107 for JDK 1.2.

Details regarding this issue can be found at:

http://developer.intel.com/design/processor/future/manuals/knownissue.ht m

How to determine if you have Symmantec Java for JDK 1.2:

1. Select the file "symcjit.dll" and right click on it.
2. Select Properties, then the Version tab.
3. Under Microsoft Windows*, the properties of the DLL are:
     "Symantec Java! JustInTime Compiler Version 3.10.107 for JDK 1.2
Copyright (C)
     1996-99 Symantec Corporation Dynamic Link Library file".

DLLs older than this will also not work. "

Likelihood of Occurrence

Any platform that uses the Intel Pentium 4 processor, with the Sun JRE
and Symmantec JIT will encounter this problem. Windows NT, Windows 2000 and NetWare platforms are confirmed to be affected.

Possible Symptoms

The failure typically is that the affected application simply terminates.

Workaround

Not only will OUI be affected by this bug, most of the post-install configuration tools will also be affected. Running these tools with "-nojit"
specified will avoid the hang, but it is not simple to specify "-nojit"
for
some of the products.

The following workaround works for the Windows operating system:

Copy only the install directory from the CD to the hard disk ,say, e:\temp.
Open oraparam.ini and make the following modifications (Assuming CD drive is f:)
- Change the "SOURCE=" line to use the full path to the CD instead of a

relative path. (i.e., SOURCE=f:\stage\products.jar)

Change the "JRE_LOCATION" line to use the full path to the CD instead of a relative path. (i.e.,

JRE_LOCATION=f:\stage\Components\oracle\swd\jre\1.1.7\1\DataFiles\Expand ed)

Change the "OUI_LOCATION" line to use the full path to the CD instead of a relative path. (i.e.,

OUI_LOCATION=f:\stage\Components\oracle\swd\oui\1.6.0.9.0\1\DataFiles\Ex panded

Change the "JRE_MEMORY_OPTIONS" line to add "-nojit" as the first argument. (i.e., JRE_MEMORY_OPTIONS=-nojit -ms16m -mx32m) ^^^^^^
Other entries should remain the same c. Launch setup.exe from the temporary location on your hard drive (i.e. e:\temp\install\win32\setup.exe). This will use the modified oraparam.ini and pick up the information from the CD since the absolute locations are specified.

Choose a Custom install and choose not to create a database during the
install. This way, the Database Configuration Assistant will not be launched
during installation.

The Net8 Configuration Assistant will still be launched, and there is no way
to suppress it. You will need to kill the Net8 Configuration Assistant
if it
hangs due to the bug. The installation still will have been successful, and
you can run the DBCA and NetCA after installation.

To kill NetCA if it hangs during installation: In the "Configuration Tools" window, highlight the "Net8 Configuration
Assistant" and click "Stop". If that does not work, look for the most
recent
JRE process using the Task Manager, and kill it manually. NOTE: the OUI
itself will also have a jre process. Be sure to kill the one with the
most
recent date, which should be the jre process being used for Net8CA, not
the
one for OUI itself.

After killing the configuration tools and continuing through the installation
to the "End of Installation" screen, you should modify the configuration tools
to use "-nojit", then call the appropriate tools from the Start Menu.

Once installation is complete, each of the following files in the ORACLE_HOME
needs to be modified:

 assistants\dbca\dbassist.cl
 assistants\dbma\dbmig.cl
 assistants\ifa\ifa.cl

bin\elogin.cl
bin\owm.cl

 ldap\oidamdin\oidadmin.cl
 network\tools\netasst.cl
 network\tools\netca.cl

owm\install\instelogin.cl
owm\install\instowm.cl

Edit the contents of the above files to add "-nojit" as shown below: Command=("C:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.1.7\BIN\JREW" -nojit -classpath

....
          this is the only thing you need to add  --> ^^^^^^

Then, launch the necessary tools, like Net8CA and DBCA from the Start Menu.

Patches

Currently there is not a patched installer available to deal with this
problem, the workaround listed above must be used.

References

<BUG:1507768> INSTALLER FAILS WHEN RUNNING ON NEW PENTIUM 4 (IV) PROCESSORS
<BUG:1507946> INSTALLER FAILS WHEN RUNNING ON NEW INTEL PENTIUM 4 (IV) PROCESSORS
<BUG:1518935> SYMCJIT.DLL DOESN'T WORK WITH THE NEW P4

So next time, please don't expect I'm going to do your work for free.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA Received on Tue Jan 08 2002 - 10:42:35 CET

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