Re: setup on 9i

Since he's running on a Pentium III, the question is moot.

(We know he's running on a Pentium III (a) because he reports 8i installations are fine and (b) because in another reply in this thread he explicitly said so).

The original Pentium 4 bug arose because the file symcjit.dll incorrectly reported the processor, since it was developed before the Pentium 4 became widely available. I suppose it is possible that an installation of 8i might leave that flawed version of the file in your path somewhere, and thus stuff up later installations. But the version of the file actually supplied with 9i works fine.

In any case, a quick file search through an 8i installation shows no evidence of such a file actually being transferred to hard disk by installing: it stays on the installation media, being only needed to make the installer itself work.

Regards
HJR "Syltrem" <syltremzulu_at_videotron.ca> wrote in message news:3jLL9.21197$H67.96144_at_tor-nn1.netcom.ca...
> Is that on Pentium 4 / Windoze ?
> Does the Oracle 8i workaround still apply to 9i?
> There's a workaround on metalink if that's your problem. Search for
Pentium
> 4
>
> --
>
> Syltrem
> http://pages.infinit.net/syltrem (OpenVMS related web site - en français)
> To reply to myself directly, remove zulu from my address
>
> "Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> a écrit dans le message de
> news: a6LL9.5130$jM5.15010_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> > "Ted" <root_at_aol.com> wrote in message
> > news:atnup9$124fr$1_at_ID-144666.news.dfncis.de...
> > > So now when I click auto run it brings up the splash screen.. I click
> > > install/Deinstall, hard drive spins for about 30 sec and the splash
> screen
> > > goes away and nothing... Any ideas now?
> > >
> >
> > Are you sure you're being patient enough? The splash screen does
> disappear,
> > but the Welcome screen of the universal installer should eventually pop
> up.
> >
> > It can take a minute or so sometimes.
> >
> > If that's not it, how clean a machine is this? Any prior Oracle
> > installations? Of different versions?
> >
> > And who are you logged on as? A local administrator account, I hope
> (though
> > since all your other machines installed without a hitch, I expect you've
> got
> > this bit sorted).
> >
> > Keep me posted...
> >
> > Regards
> > HJR
> >
> >
> >
> > > "Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> > > news:tPKL9.5128$jM5.14658_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> > > > AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!
> > > >
> > > > These are perfect instructions for dealing with the well-known
Pentium
> 4
> > > bug
> > > > in oracle 8i (repeat: EIGHT EYE).
> > > >
> > > > Now read the title of this thread, and see their relevance for this
> > > poster.
> > > >
> > > > Er, none.
> > > >
> > > > As I said elsewhere, every man and his dog has got it into his head
> that
> > > > "installer problem=pentium 4 bug". It's not true, and we need to
lose
> > the
> > > > knee-jerk reaction and actually read what people are posting
> carefully.
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > HJR
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "clueless" <ro_cright_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:1TKL9.27$j5.1105_at_news...
> > > > > Installing Oracle on Pentium IV systems.
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. Create a temporary directory on your server.
> > > > > 2. Copy the entire contents of the Oracle RDBMS Server CD to the
> > > > temporary
> > > > > directory created in step 1.
> > > > > 3. Search the directory structure created in Step 1 for the
> existence
> > > of
> > > > > the filename symcjit.dll.
> > > > > 4. Rename each copy of the symcjit.dll to symcjit.old.
> > > > > 5. Run the setup.exe from the \install\win32 directory and
install
> > > Oracle
> > > > > 8.1.x(or 9i) and related products.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Clueless
> > > > >
> > > > > "Ted" <root_at_aol.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:atnl57$spf5$1_at_ID-144666.news.dfncis.de...
> > > > > > I have downloaded all the files for 9i, unziped them into
> > directories
> > > > > > (disk1 etc) and when I double click on the setup the hour glass
> > > appears
> > > > > for
> > > > > > a few moments then goes away. The setup runs fine on other
> machines
> > > over
> > > > > the
> > > > > > network... But not for mine (win2000 sp2) the 8i setup runs just
> > fine.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Anyone have any ideas?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ted
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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Received on Tue Dec 17 2002 - 14:15:39 CST