Oracle 8.1.7 installer hangs or dies immediately and silently while installing on Windows 2000 Server
3 years ago
Originally Published: 2004-09-08
Article Number
000058315
Applies To
Oracle 8.1.7.0.0
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4
Issue
Oracle 8.1.7 installer hangs or dies immediately and silently while installing on Windows 2000 Server
Cause
Specific to computers with Pentium 4 CPUs (per http://www.experts-exchange.com/Databases/Oracle/Q_21010263.html)
Resolution
1. Copy the contents of the installer CD to a temp directory on your hard drive

2. Search for all instances of symcjit.dll in the temp directory; rename all those instances to symcjit.old (there should be two)

3. Run setup.exe from the install/win32 folder in your temporary directory. Proceed as normally through the installation procedure. At the end, after the installer has finished configuration, you may get modal dialogues notifying you of a memory errors for java.exe. Click OK through those errors and exit the installer.