Re: Any problems reinstalling NT on Oracle server?

Re-installing NT will mess with Oracle as Oracle places DLL's etc in the system directory.

The general opinion here is RETHINK ! If Oracle told me to re-install NT I would laugh loudly...

Jojo wrote in message <35479554.24B840E_at_nowhere.com>...
>Errrrr his is kind of scary and I haven't tried it yet, just make sure the
>reinstall will not
>overwrite your NT Oracle registry or ini files .... If it does .. Maybe
you
>hafta reinstall oracle again ...
>
>Good Luck ..
>
>Greg Parsons wrote:
>
>> Hi Ryan,
>> I think you should rethink reinstalling NT. If it is truely
necessary,
>> be prepared to reinstall Oracle from scratch. Reinstalling NT will not
>> 'mess with the database at all' - it will make that section(s) of disk
>> unreadable by your OS. It's a hierarchy, OS needs CMOS, Oracle needs OS,
>> not an installation of peers. HTH, Greg
>>
>> Ryan Riggin wrote:
>>
>> > I'm the only support person here at the office and I need to reinstall
>> > NT 3.51 on our server that's running Oracle 7. Will reinstalling NT
mess
>> > with the database at all? I'm going to do a full backup in any case but
>> > was wondering if this is going to turn out to be some long involved
>> > process.
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Wm. Ryan Riggin ryan_at_cybersmith.com
>> > Network Engineer 212-655-4423
>> > Apprentice Miracle Worker 212-655-4401 (fax)
>> > Cybersmith, Inc
>
>
>
Received on Wed Apr 29 1998 - 17:18:08 CDT