Frank V. wrote:
> Frank van Bortel <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net> wrote in message news:<cgfnc5$oat$1_at_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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>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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>
> Frank van Bortel,
> It isn't simply a error in the staging area, although I did think
> of that, and took measures to counteract that.
>
> My installation path was C:\Oracle\[...]
> and the source was from my hard drive, which was extracted from Zip
> files which I've acquired from Oracle. The path was
> 'C:\Disk1\[oraclesSetPath]'
>
> There were no spaces, or anything that could cause a problem.
>
> Frank V.
>
> P.S. I'll cross post if i want ;-)
But you don't... All I can suggest, is you miss one
of the jar files, or you have an invalid one.
Again - you could check the installation log.
I'd download again, and retry
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Regards,
Frank van Bortel
Received on Fri Aug 27 2004 - 03:52:05 CDT
