Re: Install on Win Me possible?

Some have succeeded installing Oracle with ME. But many have had nothing but problems as ME is not exactly a robust operating system. I would either go Win2000 or NT4. Either is far far better.

Also I would suggest Oracle 8.1.5 or 8.1.7. The 8.1.6 version was not one of Oracle's proudest moments.

Daniel A. Morgan

Devin Santo wrote:

> This is an update from the last post.
> I just downloaded the 8.1.6 version and tried again to install the personal
> edition.
> Actually made it past the second screen, however it wouldn't recognize the
> paths for the source and the home... They were both there, but I kept
> getting an error saying "problem accessing the staging area, make sure the
> source and destination are valid"
> Both are the default paths the software puts in the paths.
>
> Here are my paths:
> Source: C:\ORA95PO\Stage\products.jar
> Home:
> C:\ORA95PO\STAGE\COMPONENTS\ORACLE.SWD.JRE\1.1.7.24\1\DATAFILES\EXPANDED\JRE
> \WIN32\BIN\..\\Oracle\Ora81
>
> I'm really starting to wonder if installation on Me is possible or worth my
> time...
> Any assistance would be much appreciated.
> TIA
> DS
> ===================================
> ===================================
> "Devin Santo" <Drsanto_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:O45C6.5167$6j1.480727_at_news1.rdc1.ne.home.com...
> > 8i release 8.1.5 for Win '98 and Developer 6.0.
> >
> > My issue is that I cannot install the personal edition of 8i.
> > Every time I try, it kicks me back to the splash screen.
> >
> > Although I have zero problems installing Developer, I noticed that there
 was
> > a documented issue referencing the very problem I was having, but there
> > wasn't any reference to Windows Millenium.
> >
> > The fix was to set the path (in DOS) to c:\winnt\system32; then run the
> > setup.exe from there. Since I'm on Win Me, I didn't have a winnt folder
 but
> > I found the system32. I then modified the DOS command to:
> > c:\set path=c:\windows\system32;c:\D:\setup.exe...
> > Nothing... So then I figured "maybe the drivers were in the system32 in
 98".
> > So, I tried:
> > ...\system32\drivers;c:\D:\setup.exe...again nothing.
> >
> > I am currently downloading 8i, 8.1.6 to see if there's any difference
 though
> > I doubt there is.
> >
> > Does anyone know exactly what the work-around might be for Windows Me, or
> > what exactly it was in system32 that the setup.exe was looking for, or if
 I
> > can even run it on Me?
> >
> > I've already spent 8 hours on this (lots that I did, but did not mention),
> > and all I'm trying to do is install it so that I can do my homework...So
> > far, I'm not impressed... :)
> > TIA
> > DS
> >
> >
> >
Received on Sat Apr 14 2001 - 22:12:03 CDT