Re: oracle8i and oracle 9ir2 on the same unix host

Dennis Bieling <dennis.bieling_at_epigenomics.com> wrote in message news:<c40js1$5fq$1_at_broglie.epigenomics.epi>...
> Hello @all!
>
> I am having some trouble to install a oracle 9i instance to
> a computer already hosting a oracle 8.1.7 installation.
> Before starting the installation, I set the environment parameters
> and started the runInstaller. The gui is guiding me through the
> installtion to the moment where I can see the summary of the
> installation tasks. In the next step the installer tries to uninstall
> the installed java runtime to replace it with a newer version.
> After that step the installer displays the startscreeen again,
> asking me for the oracle home. The java was not updated or uninstalled
> and when I click through the installation dialog again, it ends up with
> an unrecoverable error and is aborting the installation.
> Can anyone give me a hint what is going wrong here?
> I set the oracle home to a different location than the
> oracle 8 installation's and I also tried using a different oracle base.
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Dennis

Check the installer logs, you'll find that it's either looking for a file that's not there, or, it's unable to write to the inventory. I ran into this last week. Fix that problem in the log and you should be set.

HTH,
Pete's Received on Fri Mar 26 2004 - 07:48:46 CST