newbie creating new database-HELP!

i'm on linux. all environement variables are set. have my crdb.sql done and my init.ora and my config.ora files all written.

i then log into the server manager.

then i connect internal.

then i try the command "startup nomount" and get the following error:

ORA-00443 background process "PMON" did not start ORA-009922 background log directory not created properly Linux Error 2: no such file for directory

i can see what the problem is, but any idea what file or directory is missing? what do i need to fix? Received on Mon Apr 05 1999 - 17:53:22 CDT