Can it be done?  If so, how?

Hello:

According to this download avaible on Oracle web site, it must work on
Windows XP:

Oracle9i Database Release 2 Enterprise/Standard/Personal Edition for
Windows NT/2000/XP
http://otn.oracle.com/software/products/oracle9i/content.html

To know how to install it, here is the Oracle9i Database Installation
Guide
http://otn.oracle.com/docs/products/oracle9i/doc_library/release2/A95493-01/html/toc.htm

And reading the preinstallation requeriments, it seems it works, but
must be Windows XP Professional:

Oracle9i System Requirements
http://otn.oracle.com/docs/products/oracle9i/doc_library/release2/A95493-01/html/reqs.htm#1101763

I hope it helps, in any case, don't hesitate to request for any
clarification.

Regards.

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Regards

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Clarification of Answer by joseleon-ga on 24 Feb 2003 00:27 PST

Hello:

"Can it be done?"
Yes, but you need Windows XP Pro, it's an Oracle requeriment, if you
don't have it, you can't install it

"If so, how?"
I post a link to the installation procedure

I'm sorry you rated this answer so low, and I would like you to tell
me why it doesn't answer your question.

Regards.

Since I do not have XP Pro, this answer does nothing to help me.

Yes, I have done this on XP-PRO...works perfect.

minerand-ga,

Then perhaps you should have specified what version of XP you would
have liked the answer to address.  It's not very fair to expect Google
researchers to read your mind (although they are quite capable,
otherwise!).

salzie-ga

Now that they know maybe they can make another attempt to answer
correctly.  I did not know there was a "pro" version until I saw the
answer.  As far as I am concerned XP anything is crap.  It came on my
new Dell computer and I have had nothing but problems with everything,
from installing a printer to hooking up Zip Drive.  Things that would
have been easy even in Windows 95.

Perhaps the one star rating is unfair: Questioner asked a $2.50
question.  Answer seems more than adequate for the price.

When I am asked a question and I know that all the options of the
question have not been asked, in return I ask for a clarification, I
ask for more information.  This was not done, yet it seemed clear that
the Answer Person knew that there were two versions of XP--home and
pro.  This is something that I was not aware of having never heard of
XP prior to buying my Dell computer.  This failure to ask for
clarification is why I rated the "answer" so low.  I will not "pay"
for this answer either since it does me no good.  And since it is
critical that I install 9i, it looks like I will have to pay for an
upgrade to pro.   I wonder if Microsoft thought of this prior to
conning Dell into using this inferior product?  Now that is a question
that needs to be answered--in a court of law.

Hello:
 I'm sorry to hear that, but I would have asked for a clarification if
I thought it was necessary. I didn't need any clarification because
there is no several answers depending on the Windows XP version you
have. The "only" answer to you question is that you can only install
Oracle 9i if you have Windows XP Professional, so the question is
answered even if the result it's not what you expected.

Regards.

Too bad researchers can't rate questioners, because this one deserves
0 stars.  Not only did the researcher answer the question fully
without needing clarification, but the answer did do the questioner
some good.  He now knows that if he wants to install Oracle 9i, he
must upgrade to XP Pro.  He may not like the answer, but it is
nevertheless the answer to his question, and it tells him what he will
need to do.  Just because he is mad at Microsoft and Dell is no reason
to take it out on the researcher who gave him exactly the info he
asked for.

I asked a specific question (as far as I knew) and was sent on a wild
goose chase.  Wasting much time plowing through pages of information
that wound up doing me no good.  "No" would have been an answer to my
question that I would have paid for.  If some of you "answer" people
are looking to get something for nothing, you should move to
Washington D.C. with all the other parasites.

Minerand,
It seems to me you are the one who wants something for nothing.  This
is a direct quote from the answer posted: "And reading the
preinstallation requeriments, it seems it works, but
must be Windows XP Professional:"  This did not require you to look at
any of the links or "plow through" anything more than the couple of
paragraphs of the answer.  The rest was just extra background info in
case you wanted to go to the source.  The answer was right there.
And by the way, I am not a google answers researcher, or in any other
way connected with Google, but I think its a great service and the
researchers do a great job of answering questions and deserve to be
paid.

minerand,

I'm so sorry you were disappointed with your Google Answers
experience!

Was it your first time asking a question?  I hope this hasn't soured
you on the Answers service!  We like our work, and it's disappointing
to us too when things don't work out for our customers.

Please come back and give us another try, and we'll get you taken care
of.

--Missy

I doubt that I will ever use your service again.  Not only did your
Answer Person fail to ask an obvious question (thereby thinking that
EVERYONE knew that there were two versions of XP), but having to put
up with the comments of every idiot who cares to make one too is
ridiculous.  This should not be allowed.  I don't give a damn about
what any of them think.

Hi Minerand-ga,

The version of XP that you were getting with your Dell computer should
have been explained to you by your sales representative. Buying a PC
for home use usually means you'll get XP home; if you specify that you
are using it for business purposes, you *should* get XP Pro, although
as I already said, your sales representative should have informed you
of both options.

If not, maybe you should take it up with  the company you purchased it
from.

Minerand,

I'm sorry to hear that this experience will keep you from using Google
Answers in the future. If you do decide to try again, keep in mind
that:

1. While you may be very familiar with your problem, the Researcher is
looking at your question through a very small peephole. What is
"obvious" to you may not be so obvious to us, working from a limited
perspective.

2. If you feel that the Researcher has misunderstood your problem,
usually all that is needed is a Request For Clarification. We can do a
better job if you communicate with us. If you request clarification
before rating, you will probably end up with a satisfactory answer.

On another topic, while you are certainly not alone in your
frustration with Microsoft <grin>, perhaps this will help:

XP Home is meant for home and non-power-user systems. It has limited
networking and business capabilities. It is for checking email, doing
light word processing, running home checkbook programs, playing video
games, etc. Most families don't run Oracle at home. :)

XP Professional is more business and power user oriented. It has much
stronger networking and additional capabilities of the kind that
enable Oracle to run.

There is a page on Microsoft's web site meant to help you decide which
version is right for you:
Which Edition Is Right for You?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp

Also, there is a list of features. I'm not sure which of these Oracle
requires but...
Windows XP Professional Features
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/features.asp

I hope some of this information helps you to solve your issues with
getting Oracle running.

- Hammer