Re: Missing control file running Oracle 8i on Redhat Linux 7.0

In our last gripping episode "Preston Crawford" <prestoncREMOVESPAMBLOCK_at_crawfordsolutions.com> wrote:
> "David Fitzjarrell" <oratune_at_aol.com> wrote in message
> news:93nr0d$2f2$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> > This may be a dumb question but have you created a database? If
 not,
> > you won't have any controlfiles to access. If you have, and your
> > controlfiles are now missing you'll need to perform the following
 steps:
>
> Well, that's the tricky part. Reason I'm even at this point is
 because I
> tried to install Oracle 8.1.6 on Redhat Linux 7.0. Apparantly this
> distribution has a newer version of glibc that Oracle's installer is
> incompatible with. So the install died during the part where it
 creates the
> default database. I go into the Oradata/Oralin folder (oralin being
 my SID)
> and I can see a bunch of .dbf files. Not sure if this means I have a
 valid
> database created or not. Any way to tell?
>
> <<good instructions snipped>>
>
> Thank! I'll try all that tonight and let everyone know how it goes.
>
> Preston
>
>

If you have a system.dbf file (or something similiarly named) you may have a valid database. You won't really know until you create your controlfile and attempt to start, mount and open your instance.

--
David Fitzjarrell
Oracle Certified DBA


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