Re: Installation problem

From: Sybrand Bakker <gooiditweg_at_nospam.demon.nl>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 14:57:02 +0200
Message-ID: <etqucvg5rigoor49djdpghkiprjbj0e05s@4ax.com>

On Sat, 24 May 2003 11:52:08 GMT, "Flubber" <flubber476_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hi ,
>
>I have a problem installin Oracle 9i.
>
>During the Database Configuration Wizard, I get an error
>at the first step , "Copying database files"
>
>The error : Invalid EXT descriptor signature.
>
>Can anyone tell me what this means ??
>
>Thx in advance
>
>Oliver
>

Never seen that. Evidently you choose to install the default starter database, which is simply unzipped. You did check the diskspace requirements? The space being allocated by a default database seems to be quite outrageous (something nearing 1G, IIRC)

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

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