Loading Oracle 8.1.6 on Windows ME

From: Rob <relaxedrob_at_optushome.com.au>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 22:57:36 GMT
Message-ID: <A3bt6.40302$Xx3.232134@news1.eburwd1.vic.optushome.com.au>

Howdy all!

I am trying to install Oracle 8.1.6 on Windows ME..

Nice Welcome page.. *click next*

File Locations page..
Source Path: E:\STAGE\products.jar
Destination Path:
E:\STAGE\COMPONENTS\ORACLE.SWD.JRE\1.1.7.24\1\DATAFILES\EXPANDED\JRE\WIN32\B IN\..\\Oracle\Ora81

Now, I click on help and it tells me that for Windows platforms I should see a "Name" field under Destination to create an Oracle Home name. No "Name" field... oh well. I change the Destination Path field to: C:\Oracle\Home\ and *click next*

The next screen I see says Error: There was a problem in accessing the staging area. Please make sure the specified values for 'Source' and 'Destination' are valid.

It appears to me that the Source cannot be anything different (my cd rom *is* drive E after all) so I try the following for Destination path:

C:\Oracle\
C:\Oracle
C:\Oracle\Home\
C:\Oracle\Home
C:\Oracle\Orawin\
C:\Oracle\Orawin

and get the same error message.. and I get no further than this.

My partner has a Win 98 machine and I notice that Oracle displays the "name" field on her machine - but not on mine of course. Does this mean I have no hope of getting Oracle 8.1.6 to work on Windows ME?

Thanks!
Rob Received on Sun Mar 18 2001 - 16:57:36 CST