Re: Oracle 8.05 /HP-UX 11 Install Error.

Couple of ideas/questions:
1-Are you upgrading an older database? If yes, does it have the same name?   If this is the case, you need to migrate the database to the new format instead of just putting in a new database.

2-If you are running the installer an nth time (say you ran out of space the first time or whatever), it got far enough to create some files in$ORACLE_HOME/dbs, such as the xxx.BSQ, so it thinks it exists. Blow away everthing in $ORACLE_HOME and start again.

In article <362F62E4.5E6D_at_gate.net>,
  tojones_at_gate.net wrote:
> I am attempting to install the HP-UX installer and RDBMS on HP-UX 11.
>
> I am getting the following error when install completes.
>
> contents of the install.log file located in my $ORACLE_HOME/orainst
> directory:
>
> - Loading Oracle8 Enterprise (RDBMS) Administrative Scripts...
> - Loading Oracle8 Enterprise (RDBMS) Message Files...
> - Loading Oracle8 Enterprise (RDBMS) Message Files (us)...
> - Loading Oracle8 Enterprise (RDBMS) Documentation Files...
> - Loading Oracle8 Enterprise (RDBMS) prebuilt datafiles...
> - Finished Loading Files
> - Creating /u01/oracle/rdbms/log directory
> - Registering Oracle8 Enterprise (RDBMS)...
> - Leaving loading files section
> - Creating the config.c file
> - Entering Make Dependent section.
> - Entering do_relink==true or not(empty(RDBMS_Opts_List)) section.
> - Entering do_relink==true section
> - Linking and installing Oracle8 Enterprise (RDBMS) executables
> -
> - Leaving do_relink==true section.
> - Leaving Make dependent section.
> - Entering database actions section.
> - Creating initri6cis1.ora file
> - Starting database using the preshipped datafiles
> - ERROR: The 'CREATE DATABASE' statement for the ri6cis1 database
> failed.
> egrep failed to find 'ORA-' error in the file:
> /u01/oracle/admin/ri6cis1/create/crdbri6cis1.lst
>
> contents of crdbri6cis1.lst:
>
> Connected.
> ORA-01081: cannot start already-running ORACLE - shut it down first
> create controlfile reuse set database "ri6cis1"
> *
> ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
> alter database "ri6cis1" open resetlogs
> *
> ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
> Disconnected.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tim Jones tjones_at_romac.com
>

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