Re: 8.1.7 install problems on Sun Blade 100/Solaris 8 01/01 MU4

"Daniel A. Morgan" wrote:
>
> "G.T." wrote:
>
> > I have run through the installation twice following the Oracle 8i
> > Installation Guide to the letter. I have searched the web and the
> > Google Usenet archives endlessly and double-checked all suggestions
> > related to "ORA-27101 shared memory realm does not exist", "ORA-01034:
> > ORACLE not available", "ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication
> > channel", and "ORA-03114: not connected to ORACLE" errors.
> >
> > The install is flawless up until I need to create a database and then I
> > receive the above errors.
> >
> > The listener is up, I've set all my shared memory, semaphore settings,
> > etc., and I cannot figure out why I cannot create a database.
> >
> > Any suggestions on troubleshooting?
> >
> > Thanks, Greg
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> > Riley
>
> Looks to me like you have not put oracle_sid, oracle_base, oracle_home, and
> other required parameters into the .profile file.
>
> Shared memory is created by entries in the /etc/system file on Solaris and
> I presume you have something similar. After making these entries, even
> though the documentation doesn't say so, you must reboot the machine.
>

Yes, I've checked the above, I've rebooted, and my environment has ORACLE_SID, etc.

Here is what happens when I run svrmgr:

SVRMGR> connect internal
Connected.
SVRMGR> startup pfile =
"/export/home0/u01/app/oracle/admin/records/pfile/initrecords.ora" ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel

I found one item on the web regarding Solaris 8 and Oracle 8.1.6 where they advise to add a bunch of patches from Oracle but I assume those patches were already rolled into 8.1.7.

Any other ideas?

Greg Thomas

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