Path: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!pd2nf1so.cg.shawcable.net!residential.shaw.ca!news-out.superfeed.net!propagator2-maxim!news-in-maxim.spamkiller.net!snewsf0.syd.ops.aspac.uu.net!news1.optus.net.au!optus!spool01.syd.optusnet.com.au!spool.optusnet.com.au!not-for-mail From: "Howard J. Rogers" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server References: <251366e0.0309091344.490cf538@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: Help with 9i install problem on E450 running Solaris 2.8 Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:59:51 +1000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Lines: 35 Message-ID: <3f5e5bde$0$14560$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.164.6.15 X-Trace: 1063148511 14560 203.164.6.15 Xref: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com comp.databases.oracle.server:242739 "SteveW" wrote in message news:251366e0.0309091344.490cf538@posting.google.com... > I've downloaded Oracle and have installed 9i on my machine. There was > no previous instance of Oracle running. I get through the install, and > it appears that the server is running in that the processes are up, > including the listener. When I try to connect with sqlplus I get this > message: > bash-2.03$ sqlplus > > SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production on Tue Sep 9 14:41:59 2003 > > Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. > > Enter user-name: system > Enter password: > ERROR: > ORA-01034: ORACLE not available > ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist > SVR4 Error: 2: No such file or directory > Try loggin on as SYS instead of system, and then starting the instance. Once that's running, *then* you can connect as SYSTEM. Password for SYS should be 'change_on_install' (there's a message there, somewhere!), and you'll need the 'AS SYSDBA' switch, too. IE: connect sys/c_o_I as sysdba Should say 'connected to an idle instance'. Regards HJR