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Installing 10g with 9i on board. [message #133100]

Wed, 17 August 2005 13:29

Godfrey T. Degamo
Messages: 12
Registered: July 2005

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Hello.

I need to install 10g on my Windows XP pc. Now, I got Oracle 9i on it too, which I don't want to remove since I have to develop on both platforms.

What is the easiest way to install 10g on Windows XP without it colliding with my 9i instance? Is there anything I should be looking out for? Thanks.

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Re: Installing 10g with 9i on board. [message #133102 is a reply to message #133100]

Wed, 17 August 2005 13:35

smartin
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Registered: March 2005
Location: Jacksonville, Florida

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Make sure you use a separate oracle home. Name everything explicitly and carefully to distinguish.

That and other issues are discussed in the installation guide and the windows platform guide. Pay close attention to windows services and registry entries.

Another option is to have two separate windows installations on your pc, each with its own hard drive or own hard drive partition. Then just boot into whichever you need. VMWARE would be along those same lines. Each would then be a separate ballgame, without worry of conflict. But then of course you'd have to boot into each one anytime you switch, unless using VMWARE. Still doable though.

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Re: Installing 10g with 9i on board. [message #133901 is a reply to message #133100]

Mon, 22 August 2005 12:33

Godfrey T. Degamo
Messages: 12
Registered: July 2005

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Thanks for the reply.

The first install try didn't work. I had to try other things.

I did this install on my Windows XP box. The 3 biggest things I can remember that I needed to do:

1. Unset my ORACLE_HOME

2. Install Microsoft's 'virtual adapter' to deal with DHCP. I believe it was called something like 'main feed back loop'.

3. Reconfigure my 10g's tnsname.ora file to include the 9i instance information.

I was worried that step 2 might intefere with how my 9 instance worked, but so far it hasn't been a problem.

After those 3 things, both 9 and 10 seem to be fine.

-Godfrey T. Degamo

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