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

My problem below has been solved by setting seminfo_semmns=2000 instead of the 200 recommended by Oracle. Thanks go to Richard Tuey for forwarding me the Oracle document that suggested the higher setting for semaphores.

Greg

>
> 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.
 

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