I want to set up a silent install of 10.2.0 under RHEL4u5 I created a
response file, but noticed that when I did so, the first screen of the
installer was not the "Select Installation Method" screen I get with
just ./runInstaller, but a "Welcome" screen instead. When I try to use
the response file, I get an error:

SEVERE:Values for the following variables could not be obtained from
the command line or response file(s):
DEP_MODE(InstallType),
TLDepModes(TopLevelInstallType)
Silent install cannot continue.

Google turns up several instances of this happening, but no
solutions. It looks like specifying -record changes the behavior of
the installer, which is absolutely bizarre, but I don't know how else
to explain this.

I would greatly appreciate replies CCed to my email address ( jnojr in
the Yahoo! domain). I do not have access to any usable Usenet
servers, and am only using Google out of desperation. I don't know if
I'll be able to track or find my post with Google Groups.