Re: OWS install problem

In article <5kqma2$dt8@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Ron Bedig <rbedig@mindspring.com> writes >Dear Informix-List people, > >I am attempting to install Online Workstation 7.22 TC1 on a pentium >workstation. This workstation is leveraged for many other tasks, and the >hard drive is partitioned into 3 logical drives. MS windows 3.11 is on drive >C, and NT 4.0 running Personal Oracle (FAT file system) is on drive D. >Attempting to keep things clean and simple, in preparation for installing >Inforix OWS, I have done a minimal install of NT 4.0 workstation on drive E >and formatted this partition with NTFS. > >I boot the workstation into the pristine NT OS on drive E, and run the >Informix OWS setup. I attempt to point the installation at the NTFS drive >(drive E) using the 'Diskspace' button. There is plenty of available disk >space, and I am logged on to NT as administrator. When I proceed with the >install, it *finishes* almost instantaneously, with NO ERROR MESSAGES. I >end up with nothing but an 'Informix' directory containing a read me file on >my C drive. This drive is FAT, not NTFS. > >Informix tech support says there must be something wrong with the >configuration of my computer. Without an error message during the install, >where am I supposed to start looking? > >Is there anybody familiar with Online Workstation that can help point me in >the right direction? > >Thanks in advance. >Ron Bedig >rbedig@mindspring.com > Try a) Creating filesystem as NTFS b) Look on the cd in the servers diretory for a readme file. -- David Williams