"Kevin Carlson" <kcarlson_at_speakeasy.org> wrote in message news:<ubq6r1o12k0qa8_at_corp.supernews.com>...
> Looking at archived posts going back to Oracle 7.x, the "MSVCRT.DLL Mystery
> Message" (or 3M as I now call it) has apparently never yet been resolved.
> Posts from the year 2000 blame the problem on Y2K-sensitive installation
> software. Posts from 2001 blame defective hard drives, or failing to run
> scandisk before doing the install.
>
> During the default database creation process, I get a few dozen pop-up
> message boxes referencing a problem with MSVCRT.DLL. The only options are
> skip or abort the install. After the install, Oracle cannot be started.
>
> Well folks, it's now 2002 and I have a new hard drive, and am ATTEMPTING to
> load Personal Oracle 9i for Windows 98 onto Win 98SE. I'm getting the same
> error message that folks have been getting since at least two years ago.
> Interestingly, I was successful in installing Oracle Enterprise 8i on a PC
> running Win2K Pro. I also successfully installed Personal Oracle 7.3 on
> Win95 a few years ago.
>
> Has anyone successfully resolved this problem? The install is apparently
> successful with certain people at ceretain times, or ther'ed be a LOT more
> talk on this subject. Any ideas? Please don't simply tell me that your
> install runs fine. I need to know why this one DOESN'T.
> Perhaps the SE "upgrade" has screwed things up?
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
1 - why not post the MSVRCT.dll mystery message?
2 - maybe because you just have insufficient memory or the pagefile
fills up your hard drive?
--
Hth
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA
Received on Wed Apr 17 2002 - 06:33:37 CDT
