Thanks for the input. I have a tar open because the install is not completing. Initially I didn't see that directory and thought that it could possibly have something to do with the failed install. I cleaned it up and still had the same problems. You're probably correct that it doesn't matter if you clean that directory or not. Thanks again, Scott On 4/20/05, Michael Fontana <mfontana@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Funny. I looked on one of my Solaris 8 boxes and found that directory as > well. >=20 > I was never aware of it. >=20 > I've often cleaned up Oracle without knowing about it, and had no problem > re-installing. So I'd guess you don't have to wipe it for a "fresh > install". >=20 > However, this is a cleanup step which one would assume the software would > take care of is you used the installer to "uninstall" your database > software. >=20 > I don't have a box available to test it. Try it and let me know if it > works! >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx= ] > On Behalf Of Scott Stefick > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 7:44 AM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Cleaning server for fresh install >=20 > OS: Solaris 8 > Oracle: AS10g (9.0.4) Infrastructure >=20 > I'm in the process of removing all pieces of oracle before doing a > fresh install and I found a directory called /var/preserve/oracle > which has the following files in it: >=20 > total 385144 > -rw------- 1 oracle bin 13284832 Feb 26 2003 Exaaa0000000229 > -rw------- 1 oracle bin 1711112 Mar 3 2002 Exaaa0000000234 > -rw------- 1 oracle bin 4110048 Sep 25 2002 Exaaa0000000246 > -rw------- 1 oracle dba 28672 Feb 20 2002 Exaaa0000018374 > -rw------- 1 oracle dba 84619264 May 6 2002 Exaaa0000023158 > -rw------- 1 oracle dba 14831616 Apr 5 2002 Exaaa0000029956 > -rw------- 1 oracle bin 24576 Mar 3 2002 Exaab0000000234 > -rw------- 1 oracle bin 5167860 Sep 25 2002 Exaab0000000246 > -rw------- 1 oracle bin 20536800 Sep 25 2002 Exaac0000000246 > -rw------- 1 oracle bin 52692948 Sep 25 2002 Exaad0000000246 >=20 > Could I remove these files? >=20 > Also, I found a lot of stuff in /tmp and /var/tmp owned by Oracle.=3D20 > Should all of this be cleaned up as well? >=20 > Thanks, > Scott > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l >=20 > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l