Re: Problems Installing Oracle 9i on WinXP

From: Frank van Bortel <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 17:44:18 +0200
Message-ID: <cgfnc5$oat$1@news1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl>

Frank V. wrote:
> jawzx2003_at_yahoo.com (Frank V.) wrote in message news:<761376f2.0408231016.4a87b172_at_posting.google.com>...
>

>>I'm trying to install (reinstall) Oracle 9i on to my windows XP
>>computer and I keep getting an error that I can't find and/or figure
>>out. I've searched in multiple locations and no one has even mentioned
>>this problem?
>>
>>Error: 
>>"There was a problem in accessing the staging area. Please make sure
>>the specified values for ?Source' and ?Destination' are valid." This
>>occurs on the File Location page of the installer.
>>
>>One important note is that I've installed this exact installation
>>version on to the same computer before. The only major configuration
>>change is that I've added Service Pack 2 to my computer.
>>
>>I know that I have the hard disk space for installing this. Any
>>suggestion or recommendations will help out a lot. Thanks!
>>
>>-Frank V.

>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> In regard to my question above, does anyone currently run Oracle 10g
> w/ Service Pack 2? Does it work? did you try to install it w/ SP2 on
> your winxp machine. if so, CDs or Hard disk? download or Oracle
> provided CDs, any information on Oracle w/ SP2 would be greatly
> appriated.
>
> Anything like more failure stories, so i can confirm this, or success
> stories so I can start search around more. and if you were successful,
> perhaps you can tell me you CPU setup.
>
> Again, thanks to everyone who reads this, and who contributes.
>
> Frank V.
> Jawzx2003_at_yahoo.com

What if it just simply *is* an error in the staging area? How about posting the source and destination?

And stop cross posting...

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Regards,
Frank van Bortel

Received on Tue Aug 24 2004 - 10:44:18 CDT