If this is a P4 machine, check metalink, et al, for the installer workaround. There are a known issues with symcjit.dll
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ID: Note:131299.1
Subject: ALERT: Oracle Installer 8.1.X Hangs on Machines with Pentium
4
Processors
Type:
ALERT
Status: PUBLISHED
Content Type: TEXT/PLAIN
Creation Date: 02-JAN-2001
Last
Revision Date: 26-JUN-2001
This
alert was modified 14-May-2001 by modifying the
vesions affected section to a generic RDBMS version and adding a
simplified
workaround.
This
alert was modified 16-January-2001 by specifying specific Oracle
Universal
Installer Versions in the the Versions Affected section.
Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) for RDBMS 8.1.x Hangs on Machines
with
Pentium 4 Processors
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Versions Affected
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oracle Universal Installer for RDBMS 8.1.x
Platforms Affected
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Any
platform that uses the Intel Pentium 4 processor, with the
Sun
JRE and Symmantec JIT will encounter this problem. Windows NT,
Windows 2000 and NetWare platforms are confirmed to be affected.
Description
~~~~~~~~~~~
When
installing Oracle 8.1.x Server Products with the Oracle
Universal Installer on machines that use the Sun JRE and Symmantec
JIT,
the installer
hangs.
Specifically for the Windows platform, versions of OUI lower than
1.7.1.9.0 will encounter this problem.
Likelihood of Occurrence
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Any
platform that uses the Intel Pentium 4 processor, with the
Sun
JRE and Symmantec JIT, OUI version 1.7.1.9.0 and earlier, will
encounter this problem.
Windows NT, Windows 2000 and NetWare platforms are confirmed to
be
affected.
Possible Symptoms
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The
failure typically is that the affected application simply
terminates.
Workarounds
~~~~~~~~~~~
Solution 1.
1.
Obtain patch number 1507768 from Metalink
2.
unzip the patch
3.
unjar the contents
4. Go
to the directory
.\cd\Disk1\stage\Components\oracle.swd.jre\1.1.7.30/1\DataFiles\Expan
ded\jre\win32\bin\symcjit.dll
rename symcjit.dll to symcjit.dll.ori
5.
Invoke OUI and install OUI to disk
cd
./cd/Disk1/stage/win32/setup.exe
6.
Use the installed OUI to install the RDBMS
7.
Invoke OUI from the start menu, and install RDBMS software.
Solution 2.
1.
Create a temporary directory on your server.
2.
Copy the 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.
Patches
~~~~~~~
Currently there is not a patched installer available to deal with
this
problem, one of the two workarounds listed above must be used.
References
~~~~~~~~~~
[BUG:1507768] INSTALLER FAILS WHEN RUNNING ON NEW PENTIUM 4 (IV)
PROCESSORS
[BUG:1507946] INSTALLER FAILS WHEN RUNNING ON NEW INTEL PENTIUM 4
(IV)
PROCESSORS
Ron Thomas
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One of our developers is having a problem installing Oracle Client
(8.1.7). When he inserts the CD the initial screen comes up with the
options to Install/Deinstall products, Explore CD, Browse Documentation.
When he clicks on Install/Deinstall, however the Oracle Installer never
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