Hello Nils, Saturday, August 23, 2003, 01:19:02, you wrote:
N�> Im trying to script an oracle installation which in theory should work, at
N�> least oracle documents that you can use a
N�> start /wait installer.exe -responsefile file.rsp -silent
N�> however all that does it uncompress the install file and then start a java
N�> install process and return to prompt. Ie todo.pl will start the next task
N�> while the java process is starting.
N�> Anyone got any good ideas or have this working.
In Oracle 8.1.x there is a problem with installer on Pentium 4
machines.
I solved it by installing first patched installer, and then Oracle
client.
In attach there is my scripts for installing
Here is description of this bug.
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Doc ID: Note:131299.1=20
Subject: ALERT: Oracle Installer 8.1.X Hangs on Machines with Pentium 4 =
Processors=20
Type: ALERT=20
Status: PUBLISHED=20
Content Type: TEXT/PLAIN=20
Creation Date: 02-JAN-2001=20
Last Revision Date: 26-JUN-2001=20
=20
This alert was modified 14-May-2001 by modifying the
vesions affected section to a generic RDBMS version and adding a =
simplified =20
workaround.
This alert was modified 16-January-2001 by specifying specific Oracle =
Universal
Installer Versions in the the Versions Affected section.=20
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
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