Re: Help: Problem w installing Orcale8 on Solaris 2.6

Your old SPARC 1 uses a Sun4c architecture. Simply following the install manual doesn't work. The workaround is to relocate the SGA by changing the sgabeg set to 0x10000000 in ksms.s.

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In article <725psk$a7k_at_newsops.execpc.com>,   Marc Holz <kalex_at_execpc.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I trying to install an Orcale8 Enterprise Server evaluation Version on
> my goog old Sun Sparc1
> and have trouble in creating the default datbase.
> The servermanager is failing with the follwoing:
>
> Command: (/vol2/oracle/oracle8.0.4.0.0/bin/svrmgrl <<!
> @/vol2/oracle/admin/ORCL/create/startORCL.sql
> exit
> !), Out,Err=/vol2/oracle/oracle8.0.4.0.0/orainst/sql.log
> Status: 0
> {
> | Ok:
> | Ok: Oracle Server Manager Release 3.0.4.0.0 - Production
> | Ok:
> | Ok: (c) Copyright 1997, Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
> | Ok:
> | Ok: Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Release 8.0.4.0.0 - Production
> | Ok: PL/SQL Release 8.0.4.0.0 - Production
> | Ok:
> | Ok: SVRMGR> Connected.
> | Ok: ORA-27123: unable to attach to shared memory segment
> | Ok: SVR4 Error: 22: Invalid argument
> | Ok: create controlfile reuse set database "ORCL"
> | Ok: *
> | Ok: ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
> | Ok: alter database "ORCL" open resetlogs
> | Ok: *
> | Ok: ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
> | Ok: Disconnected.
> | Ok: SVRMGR> Server Manager complete.
> }
> Result: Ok
>
> I followed the installation instructions for the /etc/system kernel
> parameters.
> Ok, I know that my Sparc1 is not a performance beast but I would like to
> get
> that server running.
> I will appreciate any help.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Marc Holz
>
> kalex_at_execpc.com
>
>

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