Re: Problems with svrmgr startup

Andrea,

Do not suggest to a group of newsgroup readers to "bare with me" without being prepared for the mass of depraved replies that will inevitably follow ;)

Andrea Mitchell wrote:
>
> 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 Wed Apr 17 2002 - 00:18:19 CDT