Win2K - Infra Install - DB Config Asstn fails "write error"

Question

I'm trying to install the 9iAS Release 2 infrastrukture on a 1.4 Ghz P4 with 1.5 gigabytes of ram and enough disk. The machine already has 9iR2 database on it.
It installs the software, but fails when it tries to run the database configuration assistant. The logfile is shown below, along with a full description of the command being run.
Win2K is very happy (nothing in the logs indicating disk errors), and the error is consistent through a number of attempts.
Did anybody see anything like this before?
Eirik Lygre
[email protected]
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Logfile content:
Launched configuration tool Oracle Database Configuration Assistant
Command which is being spawned is C:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.1.8\bin/jrew.exe [more ... se below]
Configuration tool Oracle Database Configuration Assistant failed
java.io.IOException: write error
java.io.IOException: write error
     at java.io.FileOutputStream.write(Compiled Code)
     at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.write(Compiled Code)
     at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.backend.CloneDBUnjarringStep.unjar(Compiled Code)
     at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.backend.CloneDBUnjarringStep.executeImpl(CloneDBUnjarringStep.java:173)
     at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.backend.Step.execute(Compiled Code)
     at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.backend.Host$ModeRunner.run(Compiled Code)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:466)
Result code for launching of configuration tool is 1
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Full command line (truncated in the log file above, and reformatted for readability)
Command which is being spawned is C:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.1.8\bin/jrew.exe -DORACLE_HOME="C:\oracle\orainfra" -DJDBC_PROTOCOL="thin"
-classpath ";C:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.1.8\lib\i18n.jar;
C:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.1.8\lib\rt.jar;
C:\oracle\orainfra\jlib\ewt3.jar;
C:\oracle\orainfra\jlib\kodiak.jar;
C:\oracle\orainfra\jlib\ewtcompat-3_3_15.jar;
C:\oracle\orainfra\lib\xmlparserv2.jar;
C:\oracle\orainfra\jdbc\lib\classes111.zip;
C:\oracle\orainfra\classes;
C:\oracle\orainfra\jlib\gss-1_1.zip;
C:\oracle\orainfra\jlib\oembase-9_0_2.jar;
C:\oracle\orainfra\jlib\srvm.jar;
C:\oracle\orainfra\assistants\jlib\assistantsCommon.jar;
C:\oracle\orainfra\jlib\share.jar;
C:\oracle\orainfra\jlib\swingall-1_1_1.jar;
C:\oracle\orainfra\assistants\dbca\jlib\dbca.jar;
C:\oracle\orainfra\jlib\help3.jar;
C:\oracle\orainfra\jlib\oracle_ice5.jar;
C:\oracle\orainfra\jlib\netcfg.jar;
C:\oracle\orainfra\jlib\ojmisc118.jar;
C:\oracle\orainfra\lib\vbjorb.jar;
C:\oracle\orainfra\lib\vbjtools.jar;
C:\oracle\orainfra\lib\vbjapp.jar;"
oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.Dbca
-progress_only
-createDatabase
-templateName Oracle9iAS_Repository_Database.dbc
-gdbname iasdb.prosjekt2.evita.no
-sid iasdb
-datafileJarLocation C:\oracle\orainfra\assistants\dbca\templates
-datafileDestination C:\oracle\orainfra\oradata
-responseFile NO_VALUE
-characterset WE8MSWIN1252
-passwordDialog false Protected value, not to be logged
-obfuscatedPasswords false
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Answer 1

Hi
Sorry, its a complete re-build for you!!
I Had similar problems with the oracle installs where config assistants using jrew located in c:\program files... would not run.
Usually this is not a problem as they can be run outside of the installer. It seems to be a problem installer 2.x on well used Windows installations. However, it does not seem that the issue can be worked round for the 9iAS R2 Infrastructure as some of the other config assistants run and create major authentication problems. A completely fresh install of W2K Sp2 seems to be the only answer.
Best of Luck
Richard