Path: news.easynews.com!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!nntp2.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sn-xit-05!sn-xit-06!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: Sybrand Bakker Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: starting DB with dbstart Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 18:42:49 +0100 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: Reply-To: postbus@sybrandb.demon.nl References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.92/32.572 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 30 Xref: newsfeed1.easynews.com comp.databases.oracle.server:166563 X-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 10:44:59 MST (news.easynews.com) On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 08:51:07 -0500, "Ulf Viney" wrote: >Oracle 9i /Sparc Solaris >Install successful including auto generated DB > >run > >#./dbstart & > >receive error > >Can't find init file for Database "$ORACLE_SID". >Database "$ORACLE_SID" NOT started. > >Not sure what to do next.... > >Thanks > 1 Check whether $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/init${ORACLE_SID}.ora exists 2 read the installation manual to get a feeling about your configuration Hth Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA To reply remove -verwijderdit from my e-mail address