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From: "Sybrand Bakker" <postmaster@sybrandb.demon.nl>
Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server
Subject: Re: Unable to start ORACLE on unix
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 22:12:41 +0200
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Hi Dean,
After a regular shut the file $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/sgadef<sid>.dbf is removed
automatically.
It looks like in your case this didn't happen. The solution, hence, is
obvious.

Hth,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

Dean Licheri <dlicheri@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:7ok6ne$dai$1@lure.pipex.net...
> We are running oracle 7.3.4.
>
> I tried to restart the database after shutting down using the immediate
> option and I receive
> ORA-01081 Database already started.
>
> Is there a lock file that prevents start-up or something similar. Help
> appreciated.
> #
>
> Dean
>
>