Re: Personal Oracle install problem, ask for help

"Russel Harvey" <RusselHarvey_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:9lk3fv$9ramr$1_at_ID-47572.news.dfncis.de...
> Hi,
>
> After I downloaded the Personal Oracle 8, unzip the file, run setup.exe,
> when I
> move the next screen, where it indicates a 'source' path:
> 'C:\psoracle81698\STAGE\products.jar' where C:\psoracle81698 is the
> directory
> to hold unzipped files. and a 'destination' path:
>

'C:\PSORACLE81698\STAGE\COMPONENTS\ORACLE.SWD.JRE\1.1.7.24\1\DATAFILES\EXPAN
> DED\JRE\WIN32\BIN\..\\Oracle\Ora81' as default.
>
> Either I leave the setting like its default or change the 'desination'
path
> to
> 'C:\Oracle\Ora81', in both case, when click next button, the load progress
> shows
> for a while then an error message show up, says it has problem to access
the
> stage
> area.
>
> This is a PII 200 with 96 MB ram running Windows ME. Enough disk space.
>
> Anyone knows what I did wrong, or there is something I missed?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
>
>

You need 128 Mb RAM minimum
and Personal Oracle (or any other Oracle product) isn't certified on Win Me. A hack/workaround involving editing the win.ini has been published in this group

Hth,

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA Received on Fri Aug 17 2001 - 17:15:42 CDT