Re: Problems with svrmgr startup

Sorry about that.
Solaris 2.8
Oracle 8.1.6

Installed the starter database with no errors, so I should have a database. And, I did follow the installation instructions on the CD.

Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:<3CB4C928.127F2DEB_at_exesolutions.com>...
> You have no database.
>
> Read the installation instructions on the CD and follow them.
>
> If you post here again little things like the version, the hardware, the
> operating system, etc. can, on rare occassions, actually be useful. <g>
>
> Daniel Morgan
>
>
>
> Andrea Mitchell wrote:
>
> > This is my first oracle install, so bare with me.
> > I get an error trying the following:
> >
> > SVRMGR> connect internal
> > Connected.
> > SVRMGR> startup
> > ORACLE instance started.
> > Total System Global Area 56053744 bytes
> > Fixed Size 69616 bytes
> > Variable Size 39026688 bytes
> > Database Buffers 16777216 bytes
> > Redo Buffers 180224 bytes
> > ORA-00205: error in identifying controlfile, check alert log for more
> > info
> >
> > I checked the $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/initSID.ora file and found the line:
> > control_files = "/data/oracleDB/oradata/MITE_ORA/control01.ctl",
> > "/data/oracleDB/oradata/MITE_ORA/control02.ctl",
> > "/data/oracleDB/oradata/MITE_ORA/control03.ctl")
> >
> > I checked the status of these files, and none of them exist.
> > Any suggestions?
Received on Mon Apr 15 2002 - 11:50:45 CDT