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From: "Jesse, Rich" <Rich.Jesse@qtiworld.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:12:52 -0500
Subject: RE: 9ir2 Install on Linux

On a RH7.1 test box that I'd hosed, I needed to manually delete and
reinstall Oracle.  To do this, I needed to remove the
$ORACLE_BASE/oraInventory directory (along with all the old $ORACLE_HOME
dirs) as this contains all the fun stuff that the installer uses.

But one shouldn't nuke directories without knowing the ramifications...  :)

Rich Jesse                           System/Database Administrator
Rich.Jesse@qtiworld.com              Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Barnett [mailto:regdba@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 11:18 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: 9ir2 Install on Linux
> 
> 
> I am attempting to install 9ir2 on a Red Hat 7.2 Linux
> box.  Part way through the first attempt I decided to
> changed the Oracle home value.  I stopped the install,
> deleted the previous Oracle home directory tree, built
> the new directory and restarted the install.
> 
> Oracle has stored the value of the old Oracle home
> somewhere.  The install is now crashing because the
> old Oracle home does not exist.  Any idea where it is
> store and who owns the file?  I have already deleted
> the install files in /tmp.  The .bash_profile has the
> correct Oracle home.  
> 
> =====
> Pete Barnett
> Lead Database Administrator
> The Regence Group