Re: Oracle8i Installer Problem

From: Martin Laslett <mlaslett_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 11 Oct 2001 21:02:04 -0700
Message-ID: <a7d5cc21.0110112002.321dc7b1@posting.google.com>

jlovely98_at_yahoo.com (JLovely) wrote in message news:<8ecbbadb.0110101317.56dfa397_at_posting.google.com>...
> I am trying to install Oracle8i on a Pentium 3 running Windows 2000.
> However, the installer just disappears after the splash screen. Does
> anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this?

I had a similar issue with OEM 2.1. After firing up say "Schema Manager", it would start loading, and then just disappear.

Turns out that the %OS% parameter did not return "Windows_NT" like OEM wanted it too, but "WINNT". Editing the OEM .bat file to expect "WINNT" solved the prob.

Not sure why I got "WINNT" - (running Win2KSP2), but I think it was b/c it was an upgrade, not a fresh install.

Also, the OS parameter displayed "Windows_NT" when looking at the environment variables found under My Computer => Properties, but at the command line "echo %os%" returned "WINNT".

Probably something completely different, but seems like a similar prob - hope this helps.

Cheers,
Martin Received on Thu Oct 11 2001 - 23:02:04 CDT