Re: oracle 8.1.7 install/ can't insert disk 2

I found the answer thanks to richard,
the fix was easy:

stop the vold process

/etc/init.d/volmgt stop
eject cd with the button
insert disk2
/etc/init.d/volmgt start
and it picks up where it left off

here it is

I hope this makes life easier for the next guy. Joe

"Joe" <joe.lamp_at_cox.net> wrote in message news:k4l99.2827$fl6.258491_at_news1.west.cox.net...
> I am trying to install oracle 8.1.7 on Sun Solaris 8 box. When the
installer
> asks to insert disk 2, I cannot eject disk1. I receive a "device busy"
> error. Any ideas on how to remove the first disk without botching the
Oracle
> install??
>
> I have tried the following:
> 1. unmounting the cdrom device( result was device is busy, can not
unmount)
> 2.use the ps command to find the guilty process and kill the process(the
> device is no longer busy, but the install is botched)
> 3.the "oracle" user was the one who started the ./runInstaller and is
> sitting on the cdrom device( I thought I could just change directories to
> free up the device,but the "oracle" user's terminal window states:
> initializing java virtual machine from /tmp/oraInstall/jre/bin/jre. Please
> wait ....... ---- so there isn't a prompt to change to another
> directory
>
> 4. I suppose I could just copy disk1 and disk2 to the hard drive and run
it
> from there, but there has to be a way to install Oracle from a cd.
>
> thanks in advance for any suggestions,
>
> Joe
>
>
Received on Fri Aug 23 2002 - 14:30:35 CDT