Re: Oracle 8.1.7 problems installing

James - you could be running into a known issue with installing Oracle8i software on a P4. Here is a plain-text section of our internal documentation of the issue:

Subject/Title: Installing Oracle software on Pentium 4 computers Category: Oracle, Oracle Client Software ITS area: Administrative Information Systems

When trying to install some Oracle8i software on a PC with a Pentium 4 processor, JREW.EXE may fail to launch the installer successfully. This is because the Symantec Just-In-Time Compiler (symcjit.dll) does not recognize the processor type. To work around this, do the following:

1. Install the latest Windows* 2000 Service Pack patch: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/
2. Create a temporary directory on your Intel Pentium® 4 processor server (e.g. \TEMP).
3. Copy the contents of the Oracle* Server CD to the temporary directory created in step 2.
4. Search the directory structure created in step 2 for the existence of the filename SYMCJIT.DLL.
5. Rename each copy of the SYMCJIT.DLL to SYMCJIT.OLD.
6. Run the SETUP.EXE from the \TEMP\install\win32 directory and install Oracle 8.1.x.

Sources:
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/pentium4/issues.htm http://www.orafaq.com/msgboard/windows/messages/299.htm

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"jamespc" <member34945_at_dbforums.com> wrote in message
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>

> OK.

>

> From the little bit I've read you all seem to know what your talking


> about.  I on the other hand am simply a lowly Hardware guy.  I need some

> help w/ the client install for Oracle.

>

> Trying to install it on a W2K pro system.

>

> When I go to ...\install\win32\ and run setup,  It gives me the hour

> glass for about 5 seconds and then dissappears.  NOTHING HAPPENS!?!?!

>

> If I go to the autorun directory and select autorun.exe,  It starts up

> with its little introductory screen.  Installer/Deinstaller, browse this

> CD, and another one.

>

> So I click on Installer/Deinstaller and i get jrew.exe has generated

> errors and will be shut down by windows.

>

> Now whats weird is I go to another machine (Not the same Model PC but

> the same OS Image) and run it and it works fine.  It will let me install

> it all day long on a different Machine.

>

> The machine I am trying to install it on have plenty of resources.  That

> can't be the issue.  Unless of course there is an issue with a specific

> piece of hardware I have installed.

>

> Can anyone help me out???

>

> Thanks

>

> james

>

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