Re: Problem: can't create a database

two things happening here:
1. Your init.ora is not in the $ORACLE_HOME/dbs directory. This is the problem with the 8.1.5 installer. Find the init.ora and copy it into the dbs directory. My guess is that the installer is creating it in the $ORACLE_BASE directory ('/usr/local/oracle/8i/u01/app/oracle/admin/....). 2 Set your NLS_LANG=AMERICAN.WE8ISO8859P1;export NLS_LANG in your .profile before you start svrmgrl. For some reason your error messages are coming out in German, this should help with that problem.

good luck hope that helps

Brice Ruth <Brice.Ruth_at_penguinboots.com> wrote in message news:38A20411.391097A5_at_penguinboots.com...
> Here's some more info (after following instructions from a previous post
> & attempting to create DB w/o dbassist):
>
> after running my crdb1.sh file, the following errors are reported:
>
> Connected.
> LRM-00109: Kan ikke ebne parameterfilen
> '/usr/local/oracle/8i/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/dbs/init8idb.ora'
> ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
> CREATE DATABASE "8idb"
> *
> ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
> Disconnected.
>
> What's goin' on here? First off, why is "Kan ikke ebne parameterfilen" in
> this error? This seems to be in a different language! I also checked the
> path it prints out - that file exists. It is a symlink to the actual .ora
> file.
>
> Please help!
>
> Regards,
> Brice
>
> Brice Ruth wrote:
>
> > I've followed the directions to install Oracle 8i in Linux (RedHat 6.1)
> > and Oracle seems installed fine. I've applied patches 1 & 2 (as per
> > instructions) as well. However - I cannot create a database! I'm
> > trying to use dbassist and all goes well until it actually tries to
> > create the database and svrmgrl constantly reports "not logged on" ...
> > do I have something set up wrong?
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Brice
> >
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> > "The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should,
> > therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense."
> > -- E. W. Dijkstra (1982)
>
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> "The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should,
> therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense."
> -- E. W. Dijkstra (1982)
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Received on Wed Feb 09 2000 - 21:09:02 CST