Just because you can mount the database doesn't mean a thing. When Oracle
does a STARTUP MOUNT, all it does is open the control file - it doesn't
attempt to access the datafiles themselves. Niall is in fact correct. The
datafiles are NOT useful, because Linux and NT files are different binary
beasties. There is no way to copy files from one OS to another and start
the database. You will need to export the NT database and import it into
the Linux one after doing a binary ftp of the dump file.
--
HTH. Additions and corrections welcome.
Pete
Author of "Oracle8i: Architecture and Administration Exam Cram"
Now got a life back again that the book is released!
"Controlling developers is like herding cats."
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Bruce Pihlamae, long-term Oracle DBA
"Kristian Kalweit" <k.kalweit_at_gmx.de> wrote in message
news:9ltmnb$eav$1_at_newsread2.nexgo.de...
> But I can mount the database so, the control files doesn't seem to be
> corrupt. Are the binary data between Linux and NT Oracle Version
different?
> Both are intel systems so I think there are no problems how the data are
> stored.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kristian.
>
>
>
Received on Tue Aug 21 2001 - 16:43:59 CDT
