Re: Oracle 8.1.6 x Windows XP

Marcelo Muzilli <marcelo.muzilli_at_edb.ericsson.se> wrote in message news:<3DB712F2.86F55618_at_edb.ericsson.se>...
> Hi Daniel,
>
> thank you for your quick response, but now I have another question:
>
> If you see in this link:
> http://otn.oracle.com/software/products/oracle8i/content.html you will see
> that Oracle 8.1.7 is only available for Windows 2000/NT. Can I download and
> install in a Windows XP (Pro)?
>
> TIA,
>
> Marcelo Muzilli
>
> Daniel Morgan wrote:
>
> > Marcelo Muzilli wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > can I install a Oracle 8.1.6 on a Windows XP (Professional) OS with
> > > 256MB RAM?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > > Marcelo Muzilli
> >
> > Easily. Though my guess is that it is a Pentiu 4 so you will need to go
> > to http://otn.oracle.com and find the Pentium 4 work-around.
> >
> > And you should remember that 8.1.6 is no longer supported and that for
> > only $40 USD you could have 8.1.7 or 9.2 or just download them for free.
> >
> > Daniel Morgan

8i has not and Oracle does not have any plans to support it on XP. Others may post workarounds which may be fine for your own personal 'sandbox' db just be aware that it's not supported. Received on Fri Oct 25 2002 - 05:33:42 CEST