Re: Installing NT for Oracle8i

        Have you considered Linux? Given your background as a Unix Systems Administrator I suspect you would be more comfortable with Linux than with NT.

        But, to answer your question intalling NT or 2000 is a no brainer. It goes something like:

        Boot system and get to (oops can't say prompt here - how about cursor without hourglass)

	pop CD-ROM in drive
	Take the defaults 
	Reboot
	Install Oracle

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On 4/30/00, 12:17:01 AM, tdanis1522_at_aol.com (TDanis1522) wrote regarding Installing NT for Oracle8i:

> Simply put, how difficult would it be for an experienced UNIX sys
 admin/
> Oracle DBA to self-install NT (with no prior experience in
 installation)
> for the purpose of having their own standalone system at home? I went
 

> cruising for a nice server (128MB RAM, net card, 10.0Gb disk is all
> I need), but all the systems had Win98 pre-installed and the
 salespeople
> were very discouraging with their talk about drivers and OS
 incompatibilities.
> I've done lots of Oracle product installs on NT machines, but it's
 loading
> the OS itself that has me peturbed. I'm between jobs, so I can't get
> the NT admins at work to help and I don't want to spend a lifetime
> trouble-shooting. Do I really have to worry about drivers, and/or is
> there some specific brand that would facilitate this. This machine
> would be strictly for OAS,JDeveloper and 8.1.5, no e-mail, games,
> fax machines, nuttin' else. I'd appreciate pointers or a game plan
> very much!
 

> Tony Danis
Received on Mon May 01 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT