Oracle 8i - turning the partitioning option

We have Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition (8.1.7.0.0) installed on Solaris 8 without the Partitioning option. Now we want to turn this partitioning option. I ran the runInstaller script and selected the partitioning option but at the final summary screen I can see the following:

• Space Requirements Volume / Required 4KB : Available 954 MB
  + De-Installations ( 1 product)
  + Reinstallations ( 1 product)
  
• New Installations ( 2 product) Oracle Partitioning 8.1.7.0.0 Oracle Product Options 8.1.7.0.0
  + Already Installed (123 products)
  

Does the above message means:

1. OUI will first deinstall the entire Oracle 8i, then re-installs the Oracle 8i with the Partitioning option?

Or

2. will it just install the Partitioning feature?

I do not want the first option because it might be risky. But if I have no choice over the first option what will be the best way to go forward.

Thanks,
Nirmal Patel Received on Tue Jan 31 2006 - 06:23:47 CST