Re: ORA-03114 - 8.1.7 Install on Solaris

Wow...hey Brian. I have the same exact problem right now as well (using 8.1.7 and RedHat7).

Did you ever find a solution? If so, I would appreciate knowing what it was.

Hope it worked out for you.

Thanks,
Rob

"Brian R. Barker" wrote:
>
> Well, I can't help, but I've got exactly the same problem (except Oracle 8).
>
> The problem occurs at the end of the installation process, after the Net8
> configuration step, when OUI is running the DBCA to create the Starter
> Database. The Assistant copies the files, but then is unable to connect to
> Oracle. Using SQLPlus gets the same result. Using SVRMGRL, and doing a
> STARTUP NOMOUNT gets a message saying it can't find the init<sid>.ora file,
> which is of course true, since the creation of the database failed.
>
> Any help for us?
>
> "Rupert Woodman" <rupert.woodman_at_merant.com> wrote in message
> news:3A79A1AD.844ED681_at_merant.com...
> >
> > I'm having problems installing Oracle 8.1.7 on a machine running Solaris
> > 7.
> > I've installed all the recommended patches, configured kernel settings
> > etc, but no joy.
> >
> > After an hour or so, I get an error:
> >
> > ORA-03114: not connected to ORACLE
> >
> > I've looked in the docs (online) and it says that if it's a user-written
> > program then retry. It's not, it's part of the "Typical install" thats
> > failing.
> >
> > Any ideas would greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Rgds
> >
Received on Thu Mar 15 2001 - 21:57:39 CST