Re: Problem installing Personal Oracle 8i on Win 98

Are you installing Oracle under the C:\Program Files directory? Because if you are this could be the problem, it does not like spaces or other special characters in it's path. Use c:\oracle816 or something similar.

Also you will not be able to start a database until you successfully run Oracle Database Configuration Assistant or manually run scripts to create a database, you don't yet have a database to start.

Kind Regards

Fraser McCallum
MVP Oracle Administration
www.brainbench.com

"Styoung" <styoung_at_aol.com> wrote in message news:20011111211720.29796.00004720_at_mb-ch.aol.com...
> Okay, I picked Custom Install rather than Typical. I unchecked the option
for
> Oracle Database Configuration Assistant and the install went fine. After
> rebooting I tried to start Oracle up. I did the following:
>
> 1- to start the database select: start -> Oracle Home -> Database
> Administration -> start Database
>
> I got an OSTART error box though: Cannot open registry
> Software\ORACLE\HOME0\SID_LIST Starting with default sid
>
> I click ok and a Oracle8i Startup window appear with the text Checking
Security
> in it. Then I get another box asking me for a password. I have done. How
do I
> set it?
>
>
>
>
Received on Mon Nov 12 2001 - 09:08:24 CST