9iR2 - database creation fails after initial install

MY SYSTEM:
RedHat linux 7.3 fully patched, 1GB physical RAM, 1GB swap, and all kernel parameters configured according to the installation guide.

After a few issues, the Oracle software installation went well until the Database Configuration Assistant failed. After working through some problems and running the DBCA manually, I finally ended up generating scripts so that I could run the creation process from the command line.

The problem I'm now having seems to involve the actual CREATE DATABASE statement. It never completes. The control files are created, and the redo log files are created, and the system dbf file is created, all with correct sizes and whatnot.

But then it just stops. Utilizing 100% of the CPU or as near as possible. But nothing else happens. The CREATE DATABASE statement should also create the undo log file and the temporary table space... but that doesn't happen.

I've tried a variety of things to no avail.. messing with the kernel parameters, etc.. and I reboot before each attempt to create the database (in addition to removing ALL of the files created by the scripts).

Here is the relevant part from my rc.local that sets the kernel params:

# KERNEL Parameter stuff for Oracle 9i

echo 100 256 100 100 > /proc/sys/kernel/sem
# echo 100 32000 100 600 > /proc/sys/kernel/sem
# echo 2147483648 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
echo 536870912 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax echo 100 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmni

The commented lines show values that I've tried.

I've been unsuccessful searching the internet for a solution to this problem, as I'm getting no error messages (not even in the alert_SID.log).

Thanks!

Rick Root Received on Fri Aug 30 2002 - 11:11:26 CDT