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If this is a P4 machine, check metalink, et al, for the installer workaround. There are a known issues with symcjit.dll
Doc ID: Note:131299.1 Subject: ALERT: Oracle Installer 8.1.X Hangs on Machines with Pentium 4 Processors Type: ALERT Status: PUBLISHED Content Type: TEXT/PLAIN Creation Date: 02-JAN-2001 Last Revision Date: 26-JUN-2001 This alert was modified 14-May-2001 by modifying the vesions affected section to a generic RDBMS version and adding a simplified workaround. This alert was modified 16-January-2001 by specifying specific Oracle Universal Installer Versions in the the Versions Affected section. Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) for RDBMS 8.1.x Hangs on Machines with Pentium 4 Processors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Versions Affected ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oracle Universal Installer for RDBMS 8.1.x 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 8.1.x Server Products with the Oracle Universal Installer on machines that use the Sun JRE and Symmantec JIT, the installer hangs. Specifically for the Windows platform, versions of OUI lower than 1.7.1.9.0 will encounter this problem. Likelihood of Occurrence ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any platform that uses the Intel Pentium 4 processor, with the Sun JRE and Symmantec JIT, OUI version 1.7.1.9.0 and earlier, 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. Workarounds ~~~~~~~~~~~ Solution 1. 1. Obtain patch number 1507768 from Metalink 2. unzip the patch 3. unjar the contents 4. Go to the directory .\cd\Disk1\stage\Components\oracle.swd.jre\1.1.7.30/1\DataFiles\Expan ded\jre\win32\bin\symcjit.dll rename symcjit.dll to symcjit.dll.ori 5. Invoke OUI and install OUI to disk cd ./cd/Disk1/stage/win32/setup.exe 6. Use the installed OUI to install the RDBMS 7. Invoke OUI from the start menu, and install RDBMS software. Solution 2. 1. Create a temporary directory on your server. 2. Copy the contents of the Oracle RDBMS Server CD to the temporary directory created in step 1. 3. Search the directory structure created in step 1 for the existence of the filename symcjit.dll. 4. Rename each copy of the symcjit.dll to symcjit.old. 5. Run the setup.exe from the \install\win32 directory and install Oracle 8.1.x. Patches ~~~~~~~ Currently there is not a patched installer available to deal with this problem, one of the two workarounds 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
Ron Thomas
Hypercom, Inc
rthomas_at_hypercom.com
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SCHAUPE_at_mail.nort hgrum.com To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com Sent by: cc: root_at_fatcity.com Subject: Oracle client won't install on Windows 2000 07/01/02 02:03 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L
One of our developers is having a problem installing Oracle Client
(8.1.7). When he inserts the CD the initial screen comes up with the
options to Install/Deinstall products, Explore CD, Browse Documentation.
When he clicks on Install/Deinstall, however the Oracle Installer never
comes
up.
Any ideas what might be wrong?
Thanks
Peter Schauss
Northrop Grumman Corporation
schaupe_at_mail.northgrum.com
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