Developer 6i Rel 2 install difficulties...

[mrDrive]

I'm trying to install it on a WinXP OS. The setup file runs then stops immediately and says the 'orainst.exe cannot continue running'. (You know the XP equilivent to 'This program has performed an illegal procedure')

Anyone ever had this prob? Any suggestions as to what I should do before I try the install again?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

 

[lewisp]

Do you have a Pentium 4? There is a known problem using OUI 1.7.1.9.0 or earlier. From the Metalink site, and I hope they dont mind me reproducing this here, are these workarounds:

Workaround 1:
1. Obtain the OUI application (~17.5MBs) under patch number 1507768 in Metalink:
a. Click Patches button
b. Enter 1507768 in the Patch Number field
c. Click Submit
d. Download the patch

2. Unzip the patch.

3. Unzip the contents to a directory (~20MBs).

4. Navigate to:
\cd\Disk1\stage\Components\oracle.swd.jre\1.1.7.30\1\DataFiles\Expanded\jre\win32\bin\symcjit.dll

Rename symcjit.dll to symcjit.dll.old

5. Invoke the OUI executable from the following directory, and install the
OUI to your hard disk:

cd .\cd\Disk1\install\win32\setup.exe

6. Use/Invoke this installed OUI from Start menu > Programs, to install Oracle 8.1.x and related products.


Workaround 2:
1. Create a temporary directory on your server.

2. Copy the entire contents of the Oracle RDBMS Server CD
to the temporary directory created in step 1.

3. Search the directory structure created in Step 1 for the existence of the filename symcjit.dll.

4. Rename each copy of the symcjit.dll to symcjit.old.

5. Run the setup.exe from the \install\win32 directory and install Oracle 8.1.x and related products.

Workaround 3:
If you continue to experience any of the symptoms after performing either of
the workarounds above, follow these steps:

1. Copy the contents of the \install directory to a temporary directory on
your harddisk.

2. Search for all copies of the 'symcjit.dll' file, and rename them to 'symcjit.old'.

3. Go to the \install directory and open the 'oraparam.ini' file for editing. Please note this file is write-protected.

4. Change the JRE_MEMORY_OPTIONS parameter to

JRE_MEMORY_OPTIONS=-nojit -ms64m -mx128m

5. Save the oraparam.ini file.

6. Start the installation again.

 

[sem]

I think the problem is not PIV related, because afaik 6i uses pre-OUI installer. You may try to copy all the CD to your hard drive, mark all files as non-readonly and run orainst.exe in NT-compatible mode. Though you may do it on your without any warranty because 6i on XP is not supported.

 

[mrDrive]

Thanks a bunch for the ideas guys!

Ends up my problem was the installation of 9i Database on my machine. So as a (premature) last resort I got rid of it. I only connect to remote databases anyway so it was no big deal.

Thanks again for your insights.