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"Howard J. Rogers" wrote:
> "DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:3E00B5C5.C0B6E55E_at_exesolutions.com...
> > "Howard J. Rogers" wrote:
> >
> > > Can we maybe, just maybe, get out of the habit, as a group, of
> parrotting
> > > "Pentium 4" anytime anyone reports a problem with the installer?
> > >
> > > The Pentium 4 bug related to 8i, not 9i.
> > >
> > > I've installed Oracle about a million times on Pentium 4 machines, no
> > > problem.
> > >
> > > As for this particular problem, it's most mysterious but true that
> sod-all
> > > happens, from time to time, when you double-click the setup.exe icon in
> the
> > > root of the Disk 1 disk. Instead, find the autorun directory, and within
> > > that there'll be an autorun.exe (there'll also be an autorun.ico file,
> with
> > > the same icon, and unless you've switched off Windows' default to 'hide
> file
> > > extension for known file types' it's easy to confuse the two. You want
> the
> > > one that is about 340KB in size, not the one which is about 1.5KB).
> > >
> > > That should bring up a red-and-white splash screen, from where you can
> click
> > > the 'Install/Deinstall products" option.
> > >
> > > Quite what causes this problem, I have no idea. It doesn't happen at all
> as
> > > far as I can tell on Windows XP, and neither does it happen on Windows
> 2000
> > > SP1. But W2000 SP2... different story!
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > HJR
> > >
> > > "DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
> > > news:3DFF63A3.B345E4DE_at_exesolutions.com...
> > > > Ted wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > 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
> > > >
> > > > Because you have a Pentium 4.
> > > >
> > > > Go to otn.oracle.com and search for "Pentium 4".
> > > >
> > > > Daniel Morgan
> > > >
> >
> > Good point.
> >
> > But my recollection is the the bug still existed in 9.0.1.
>
>
>> > Daniel Morgan
> >
Wow you really are in Sherlock Holmes mode. Good catch.
Dan Morgan Received on Thu Dec 19 2002 - 11:41:26 CST
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