I would guess he is running NT/W2K.
If so, only start the OracleServiceOrcl service and then use server manager
(svrmgr30.exe for Oracle 8.0, svrmgrl.exe for 8i) to start manually. Make
sure to set the Oracle_sid first.
--
Terry Dykstra
Canadian Forest Oil Ltd.
"Billy Verreynne" <vslabs_at_onwe.co.za> wrote in message
news:9m4uf3$3pi$1_at_ctb-nnrp1.saix.net...
> "Paul Drake" <paled_at_home.com> wrote in message
> news:3B85286B.B803D2F8_at_home.com...
>
> > >
> > > Please post in English the error messages you are getting when trying
to
> start
> > > the database, how you are starting the database (is manual start =
server
>
> > In English:
> <snipped>
>
> Paul, the German part I had no problem understanding...
>
> > Can you check your alert log, located in the $oracle_base -
> > usually, /opt/oracle/admin/$db_name/bdump/alrt$oracle_sid.log
>
> ..which is why I asked him to tell us the platform he is on as it just may
not
> be Unix, and what the ORA error is.
>
> BTW, the alert log is not usually in /opt/oracle when you use the Oracle
file
> system standards..
>
> --
> Billy
>
>
>
Received on Fri Aug 24 2001 - 09:44:28 CDT
