Ok, now first off I am a total database installation novice. I am
required to install Oracle 9i onto an old NT configured thus: a small
partition with NT loaded and a second large partition (E:\).

Downloaded all 3 Oracle.zip files and unzipped as directed to 3
folders on E drive. All is well with that. Now I run the setup.exe
in Disk1 and it installs to my C:\ drives temp directory a time and
date stamped OraInstall folder and ends. So I go to the OraInstall to
the setup.exe there and run this. It cannot find the bin\javaw.exe.
I copy this folder and file to under the directory and still nothing.
I change the oraparam.var file to an ini and edit it pointing the
SOURCE to E:\stage\products.jar and the JRE_Version to the
E:\stage\components\...\win32 folder along with the OUI_Location. Run
the setup again. Nothing. No error messages, no hour glass, no
install screen, no Oracle Folder in Program Files not a brass razoo.

I am now stumped after searching endlessly for help on Oracle, NT
sites, help groups, you name it. So any advice anyone can give me
will be truly appreciated.


Thanks in advance. Barb

barbara (AT) webraven (DOT) com.au (Barb) wrote in message news:<6b6fcb4.0408242114.4cd548b3 (AT) posting (DOT) google.com>...
Hi Barb

It seems u are missing out the java runtime environment on NT.
This needs to be present as the entire Ora installer needs this to run
itself.
Just check for requirements section before installing

Best Regards
J