Oracle 8i/Developer Home - Help?!

Have been medically laid up for about a year and want to get back to Oracle database learning on Personal Oracle. I am trying to install Oracle 8i PE and Developer 6i (production) on a new computer driven by a 2.0 ghz P4 vice 650mhz P3. My install recall is foggy. I can remember a a copuple of issues from my first install.
1. As I recall, Developer has to be installed FIRST to occupy Default_Home. But I don't remember whether Oracle installs to the SAME home or whether it must have an entirely separate home in another directory. I do seem to recall that Oracle's default installation choice seeks out the Default_Home file wherever situated and wants to install there. So QUESTION 1: Do I install Developer using Oracle\ORAINST\DEFAULT_HOME as the home and THEN install Oracle and let it the same home? A friend told me that his computer has Oracle PE it has one directory for Oracle database 8i (ORANTDB)and one directory for Developer (ORANT) [he had it installed professionally so isn't any help here] but as far as he can tell only ONE home at ORANT\ORAINST\DEFAULT_HOME. He opened the file and it seemed to contain both Developer info and Oracle info.
2. I also don't recall how to establish the connection between Developer 6i and the database, although I do remember some relation to a tnsnames.ora file and the need to do some things there. Reading thru the traffic here, it seems that some say it's an automatic connection and others indicate not. So, QUESTION 2 is: Do I need to manually set up the connection between Developer and the database - and if so how?
Hate to bother but in effect I am back to primer status, so installation help with seemingly silly questions would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Mitch
[email protected]

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[http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2dpHUn5kEIfxMDqPFM9DxpmLdaXzuCybZLuf45HwREU?feat=directlink]
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