Hi, I'm having a problem installing this patch using the "opatch" utility The system is HP11, Oracle 8.1.7.4 (64bit). Here is the error I get : $opatch lsinventory PERL5LIB=; export PERL5LIB /usr/bin/perl /oracle/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/patches/OPatch/opatch.pl lsinventory Using oraInst.loc to look up oui libs... Parsing /oracle/app/oracle/oraInventory/ContentsXML/comps.xml /oracle/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/patches/OPatch/opatch.pl version: 1.0.0.0.50 Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Cannot open to read file /oracle/app/oracle/oraInventory/ContentsXML/comps.xml OS_ERROR = [No such file or directory] ********* I get the same error when I attempt to run "opatch apply". The directory "/oracle/app/oracle/oraInventory/ContentXML" does not exist. Should it be there, or will it be created depending on which products are installed ? I've searched metalink, and contacted support but so far have been unsuccessful. Your help is appreciated. ed lewis -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l