ORA-01078 when creating database

Oracle 8.1.7 on W2K.

I'm testing a database install script. My Init.Ora looks like this.

db_name = "AMSD"

db_domain = fulcrumit.com

instance_name = AMSD

service_names = AMSD.fulcrumit.com

db_files = 1024

control_files = ("E:\Apps\oracle\ora81\oradata\AMSD\AMSD01.ctl",
"E:\Apps\oracle\ora81\oradata\AMSD\AMSD02.ctl",
"E:\Apps\oracle\ora81\oradata\AMSD\AMSD03.ctl")

I have a batch file that does this:
ORADIM -new -sid %1 -intpwd %1oracle -startmode auto -pfile e:\Apps\ORACLE\ora81\ADMIN\%1\init%1.ora

ORADIM -startup -sid %1 -usrpwd %1oracle -starttype srvc,inst -pfile e:\Apps\ORACLE\ora81\ADMIN\%1\init%1.ora

I get the ORA-01078 'failure in processing system parameters' on the second command, 'startup'. Is it because the control files have not been created yet? Even with the error the rest of the database creation continues without errors. I would just like to confirm the cause of this error. I've tried commenting out the lines in a systematic way, but cannot get rid of the error consistently.

Thanks.

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Jim Poe (jpoe_at_fulcrumit.com)