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From: Richard Foote <Richard.Foote@oracle.com>
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Hi Steve,

Not sarcasm, just an attempt to answer this potentially repeated
question in a slightly different manner.

Of course I could be wrong, it's just an educated guess.

But then again, I could be right ;)

Cheers

Richard 

Steve wrote:
> 
> Richard Foote wrote:
> > Hi Roland,
> >
> > Ok work with me on this.
> >
> > I need you to sit down on the floor, cross legged, with a David Bowie
> > album in your lap (any will do). Now close your eyes, concentrate and
> > slowing sing "Ground control to Major Tom, Ground Control to Major Tom
> > ..."
> >
> > Excellent, we've made contact !!
> >
> > Ok, I see a 4, it's getting clearer, it's a Pentium IV. You have a
> > Pentium IV box. Yes !!
> >
> > Ok, the solution. Keep singing, I see something. It's a Boogie, no wait,
> > it's a Google, a Google search and it's leading me to a link. Hold on,
> > yes, I've got it !!
> >
> > http://groups.google.com/groups?q=pentium+4+install+problems+group:comp.databases.oracle.server&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=3cebc522%40news.mhogaming.com&rnum=1
> >
> > Phew, got there. When you combine the power of David Bowie with the
> > power of the Google archives, it's just incredible what one can achieve
> > :)
> 
> Well, I do detect a note of sarcasm here!!  But you could be wrong - I
> have exactly the same problem on a Pentium II.  Had it before and it was
> because of some kind of lock file Oracle produces during installation
> that doesn't get deleted.  Damned if I can find any reference to it
> again now though!
> 
> Steve
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