installing Oracle 8 personal edition on windows XP???

[rototem]

i have a kit of Oracle 8 personal edition and i tried to instal it on win xp but every time i get the same error message:
pkg.map(0):FILE_NOT_FOUND while mapping pkg.
Does anyone know what i could do to solve this problem??/

 

[oradba101]

Hi, rototem

I do not believe that version is supported on XP. Although you may try to use the "compatability" mode of XP to make it work.

I am curious as to why you do not use a newer version?

Regards,




William Chadbourne
Oracle DBA

 

[rototem]

well, i worked a while with this version and i'm familiar with it.
i also tried to install oracle 10 version, but i get a warning
saying that i must configure Microsoft LoopBack Adapter to be the primary network adapter of the system.
Does anyone know how i can do that?
i found something on the net saying that i should not let my net conection detect the IP adress, but set a specific adress in the Proprietes tab. I tried that but now net isn't working properly anymore..