Re: Problem running multiple 8i databases

Thanks for all the suggestions, I will try them out. Since my original posting, a repeat installation and setup on a different pc with half the ram has no problem, so it is looking like a bad installation.

Cheers,

Chris

"Chris Stephens" <nospamchris-s_at_mailcity.com> wrote in message news:3bfd1fa1$0$8510$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net...
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to setup multiple databases to be served from a single Windows
> NT workstation using Oracl 8.1.7. I can create a new database, using the
> 'Oracle Database Configuration Assistant' as a typical database, nothing
> fancy. After this has been created, I then create the empty tables within
> the database. All this is fine.
>
> The problem starts when I try to create additional databases, firstly I
have
> to stop the first database from running as the creation process aborts
with
> an insufficient memory error. The pc has 768MB of ram, plenty of disk
space
> and very little else installed. Stopping the first database allows the
> second to be created, but on completion of this, I cannot re-start the
first
> database. I am using the 'DBA Studio' to stop and start the databases, no
> error is displayed, the startup process displays a dialog window listing
the
> three stages of startup, and it stops at the first stage which is
'Starting
> up the database' with an exclamation mark over the animation.
>
> Trying a test connection in the "Net8 Assistant" gives an error message
> 'ORA-01034 Oracle not available', which I assume means that the server is
> not running.
>
> Both databases have different global database names and sid's.
>
> Can anyone suggest where I should start to look?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Chris Stephens
>
>
>
Received on Fri Nov 23 2001 - 07:59:57 CST