Re: Oracle 8.0.5 on Sparc Solaris 7?

From: Alex Hudghton <alex_at_alenda.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 08:26:58 +0100
Message-ID: <7obec5$b69$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk>

Ben Branch wrote in message <37A8A7D4.8C66FF08_at_lucent.com>...
>
>Greetings,
>
>I've installed Oracle 8.0.5.0.0 (for
>Sun Sparc 2.x, the CD says) on a
>Solaris 7 machine. The installation
>was fine, but when I try to create
>a database, after allocating the
>tablespaces and whatnot, whenever
>I try to shut down the database or
>restart it, the svrmgrl just hangs.
>If I try to log into Oracle from
>another window via sqlplus, it
>will say that the database is
>in the process of going down/up.
>But it's stuck in that state for good.
>
>My question is, do I need a version
>of Oracle specific to Solaris 7, or
>am I dealing with a more ordinary
>type of problem?
>

Try 'shutdown abort' then start it up again

Alex Received on Thu Aug 05 1999 - 02:26:58 CDT