Re: Downloads from Oracle don't work

On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 09:12:06 -0700, Venki Ramachandran <venkir_at_wacsinc.com> wrote:

>I have tried to download and unzip 901solaris_disk1.cpio.gz three times
>already. No fre%#&ng luck!!!! 'gunzip' on solaris says that
>901solaris_disk1.cpio.gz is not in valid zip format. I used 'unzip' on
>it and it crapped out with a series of messages. 'unzip' worked on disk2
>and disk3, the other two parts of the 9i download, but refuses to work
>on the disk1 part. Am I the only one having this problem or people just
>don't try the downloadable software?

I got the same problem. Seems to me that Oracle's webserver disconnects your download if the connection speed drops below a certain limit for a specified amount of time.

Hey, why don't you just call support, they'll send you a CD-set via snailmail.

>
>For a company that charges so much money for its products, you would
>expect that they would put out a decent downloadable software with
>instructions. This sucks!!!
>
>-Frustrated with Oracle
Received on Wed Jul 25 2001 - 02:04:08 CDT