Re: ORA-1034

jhy wrote:

> do a "STARTUP NOMOUNT" first.
>
> Carlos A. Gonzalez wrote:
>
> > Gentlemen:
> >
> > I am triying to build a second instance in a Win NT 4.0 Box.
> >
> > There is 750Mgbs of Ram memory in that box
> >
> > Existing Instance Y2KD hs an SGA of 475 Mgbts.
> > There is not any other programs using RAM memory
> >
> > I have created the OracleServiceY2KP ===> Started Automatic
> > and the OracleStartY2KP ===>
> > Automatic
> >
> > I have set ORACLE_SID=Y2KP
> >
> > connect internal
> >
> > Create database y2kp
> >
> > *** Error *** ORA-1034: ORACLE not available.
> >
> > My inity2kp.ora specifies:
> >
> > db_block_buffers = 5000
> > shared_pool_size = 1500000
> > db_block_size = 8192
> >
> > for about an SGA size of much less than 100 Mgbts.
> >
> > Any help/comments will be greatly appreciated

 I did not see in your list of commands the following:

startup nomount pfile='path to init file'\inity2kp.ora

This would account for the error you received.

Rick

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