Re: Install both Oracle 8i and 9i on a single Sun Solaris Box?

Here is the information in oratab:
cat /var/opt/oracle/oratab
NINEIDB:/oracle/home:Y
EIGHTIDB:/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7:N

I use "Express Installation" to install Oracle 8i Enterprsie Edition. The first phase (Oracle Software installtion) was successful. But OUI met those errors when it tried to create a starter database  ( I chose ignore so the installation completed with warnings). Later when I tried to use dbassist to create a new database,  the same errors appeared. I aborted the creation this time.

So I do not think that the starter datase was created successfully.

Thank you,
Jim

"Michael" <michael.lohmar_at_gmail.com> wrote in message news:1100509474.155157.167270_at_f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
> Hello Jim,
>
> this is a very generic error and therefore hard to advise. You wrote
> ... sucessfully installed ... what?
>
> You should check /etc/oratab for a correct entry of your new database.
> Use dbca to create scripts for your new database but execute them
> manually to see when the first error occurs. Back with this information
> here it would be a much better position to help for all.
>
> Oh ... and try to keep the SGA of the new database for the first as
> small as possible to ensure that you kernel parameter will still fit.
> Greetings,
> Michael
>
Received on Mon Nov 15 2004 - 11:21:26 CST