> It's really fun when explorer.exe > crashes three times during > the install / DB create, no wonder why you think that platform is a piece of crap. wtf kinda hardware are you running on? there is no excuse for that occurring. I have _never_ had explorer.exe crash on a server-grade win32 box. Its the hardware and drivers. Its not the kernel. great link earlier on B a l l s. suffering thru the following out here in Denver: Dogfish head 60, 90 min IPA dogfish head worldwide stoudt Stone IPA Stone Porter Stone Arrogant Bastard Double Bastard Ruination IPA Gulden Draak Rochefort 8 Orval Ayinger Wheat Dopplebock Terrible triple Pd --- "Jesse, Rich" <Rich.Jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I dunno. Today I completed an install of 8.1.7.4 > (9i not supported yet by > vendor) on a brand new Windohs 2000 Server, SP4 > (Tuke3 Server also not yet > supported). It's really fun when explorer.exe > crashes three times during > the install / DB create, not to mention having to > explode out the entire CD > to rename symcjit.dll because of a P-IV bug in > Windohs. Did I mention the > reboots required to get the Registry crap settled? > > Windohs aside, a twin hyperthreaded 3.2Ghz Xeon with > four RAID-1s and a > RAID-10 setup is fun to work on... :) > > Happy Valentines Day! > > Rich > > Rich Jesse System/Database > Administrator > rich.jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx QuadTech, Sussex, > WI USA > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Freeman Robert - IL [mailto:FREEMANR@xxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 2:26 PM > To: 'Koivu, Lisa '; 'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ' > Subject: RE: Oracle 10g for Windows > > > My 2 cents... > > Most of the complaints I see about Oracle on Win > here are either: > > 1. By people doing it for the first time, or who > rarely do it. > 2. By people who are doing Oracle for the first > time, or rarely do it. > > I actually like Oracle on Win, and I agree with Tom, > I've had few problems > with it. > > I agree that installing service packs is maddening, > but don't most Unix OS > upgrades of any great import seem to require a > reboot? > > Robert > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe send email to: > oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > -- > Archives are at > //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > FAQ is at > //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------