Personal Oracle on Win "Me"- YES you can.

Yes, you can install Personal Oracle on Windows Millennium edition... (see below)

First, though, I will answer the rather "blunt" comment I received below.

1. I wouldn't consider my time wasted...I learned a lot.
2. I would think that a product like "personal" Oracle would take into account that most home-users are running a "home" OS, of which, "Me" is one. This being the case, I think it's weak for Oracle to put out a product that does not serve these users from the get-go...

Thanks to each of you who actually offered help.

Okay, here's the work around that allows the install... It's actually pretty simple:
I will post it here and elsewhere for other Me users...

Open your Win.ini, scroll down some until you see [Compatibility95] Under that heading, type or paste this string... JREW=0x00080000 close it, save changes and try starting the installation again. This worked for myself and someone else who was also having difficulties installing the software. I don't know the how or why, just that I now have the software installed....

"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:v1eidto6qgge6o4ucgkjl1q0en8fnbheg1_at_4ax.com...
> On Sat, 14 Apr 2001 23:30:54 GMT, "Devin Santo" <Drsanto_at_hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >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
> >
> >
>
> I you would only have first assured your version actually runs on
> WinMe, you wouldn't have wasted 8 hours.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
Received on Wed Apr 18 2001 - 23:46:48 CDT