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From: Shravana Kumar <kumar.shravana@blr.spcnl.co.in>
Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server
Subject: ORA-00220: controlfile not mounted by first instance,
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 02:11:51 +0530
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Hi All,

We are using oracle 9.0.1 on Sun Solaris 8.
I have the following problem while starting the database instance.

SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area  126804664 bytes
Fixed Size                   434872 bytes
Variable Size             104857600 bytes
Database Buffers           20971520 bytes
Redo Buffers                 540672 bytes
ORA-00220: controlfile not mounted by first instance, check alert log
for more
info
ORA-00202: controlfile: '/export/home/oracle/dev/SAMPLE/control02.ctl'


The original control files ware deleted unfortunately. so i have to
bring them back from backup. since then, i get this error.

Any one knows, how to fix problem.  thanks a lot,

Best Regards,
ShravanaKumar.