I have installed oracle8i on my home machine.I am using Windows XP OS. When iam installing it asks for hostname , i dont know what to be entered there.
What all to be set in tnsnames file. If i leave it blank and try to start SQL
then it gives [ORA-12560 TNSrotocol adapter error].

Also is it possible to successfully install ORACLE 8I on WINDOWS XP OS?????

Also please tell me all the changes to be made, if any in sqlnet file , host file etc.

Please tell me all the changes to be made.