problem installing 9iAS on windows 2000 professional

[Samir Attyani]

I tried installing Oracle9iAS on windows 2000 professional, I had an error message indicating that the fully qualified domain name of the host is not found. Does anybody know how to fix this problem?
Thank

[Mark Spritzler]

sattyani, we don't have many rules here. But we do have one regarding names. We request that you have a first and last name. You can select your profile and change it there.
Thank you
Mark

[Samir Attyani]

I wasn't expecting that reply for my FIRST post.
My name is Samir Attyani and I will be using that for any future posting.
Its always good to know the rules
Samir Attyani

[Mark Spritzler]

fully qualified domain name of the host is not found.

Just some guesses here, not an expert. But If my recollection on my one install, The Host is the database that holds the objects. So wouldn't that mean that it couldn't connect to that database. Maybe the listener isn't running, the sysdba user/password wasn't correct.
My other guess is towards the configuration files. Maybe that configuration property isn't in there, or not filled in, or the information in there isn't correct.
Did you install with the wizard? Did you have to do a reinstall? If you did a reinstall that causes issues, mostly because the uninstall does not remove stuff, and therefore your configuration file will have duplicate entries.
Have you tried searching on Oracle's OTN site or on MetaLink?
Good Luck
Mark

[Mark Spritzler]

Here is a link to the otn page with 9ias Documentation, you will need a user/password if you do not have one already.
My other suggestion is to open up a TAR on metalink.
Third, is looking at the installation documentation, there is the one step, step #14 where you enter the global database name and sid. I would believe that the data you entered in Global Database name, which is in the form of db@host, is where you went wrong.
Good Luck
Mark