Re: Installing Oracle 9 in WinXP

John De Lello wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I am trying to install Oracle 9 on my Windows XP Pro laptop so I can play
> around. I downloaded the 3 ZIP files specified on the Oracle site
> (92010NT_Disk1.zip) and unzipped them into their respective Disk1, Disk2,
> Disk3 folders. I then run the setup.exe in Disk1, the drive churns for 10-15
> seconds, then nothing happens. No error messages, nothing. I've tried
> running the autorun, I get the Splash logo with the menu, I select install
> and the same thing happens. There's plenty of disk space (25gb) so I'm not
> sure what I am doing wrong.
>
> Dell Inspiron 8600
> Pentium M 1.8
> 512mb RAM
> 40gb drive
> WinXP PRO SP 1
>
> Any ideas anyone?
>
> Thanks
> JD
>
>
did you expand in a directory with spaces in the full path? Move disk1-3 to \tmp (\temp) and run again.

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Michael Willer
Oracle & J2EE architect