Adrian Shepherd <Adrian.Shepherd_at_BTINTERNET.COM> wrote:
: 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
:>
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:>
Received on Sat May 02 1998 - 01:58:24 CDT
