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Are you installing on a Pentium 4. There is a known bug with the Symantec JIT compiler with this processor. Search for note 131299.1 on MetaLink if this is the problem.
Joe Belka.
> Hello,
>
> I have repeatedly tried to install Oracle 2.1.7 on win 2000 and the
> installation
> never seems to complete. At least I assume so, as it just returns to the
> desktop
> with no messages or anything.
>
> Also going into universal installer and looking at installed components,
> tells me
> there is nothing installed!
>
> It gets as far as asking me for a global database name but nothing more and
> does not seem to create
> a sample database.
>
> Am I crazy or is there something wrong?
> I did find an official Oracle bug report about the setup terminating early
> but it doesn't help much
>
> I'm left in a situation where I can't seem to do anything.
> DBAssist is missing (or is this replaced by the centralised db thing?)
> My services are there but when starting the TNS listener it fails to start
>
> I have never installed Oracle before and don't know what to expect.
> Have I been really unlucky or is Oracle a pain to install???
> Martin
>
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