Re: Need help with v6.0.26 install on SS10/4.1.3

kris%.wbst129_at_xerox.com (Kris A. Schneider) writes:
:
: Hi all,
:
: I'm attempting to install Oracle on a SPARC10 under SunOS4.1.3. The
: distribution tape I have is labelled:
:
: Sun 4 v. 6.0.26.8.1
:
: It was previously installed and running on a Sun4/330 under SunOS4.1.1 Rev. B.
: Sorry if this gets verbose, but I'm stuck and figured the utility of your
: answers probably depends on how much info I can give about the problem.
:
: Running "root.install" as root completed fine. I then logged in as oracle and
: ran "oracle.install". Everything went okay until it attempted to create and
: initialize the database and log files. Here's the pertinent output from the
: script:
:
: Creating and initializing database and log files.
: This may take several minutes. Please wait.
: Create database Failed.
: Please check diagnostic output file /usr/oracle/install/install.log
: and restart installation.
:
: Here's the pertinent info from "install.log":
:
: Creating and initializing database and log files.
:
: SQL*DBA: Version 6.0.26.8.1 - Production on Fri Aug 20 11:29:09 1993
:
: Copyright (c) Oracle Corporation 1979, 1988. All rights reserved.
:
: ORACLE RDBMS V6.0.26.8.1, transaction processing option - Production
:
: SQLDBA> ORA-07307: sms1sg: shmat error, unable to attach sga.
: SunOS Error: 22: Invalid argument
: Additional information: 1

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:
: On to the error messages:
: ORA-07307 indicates a failure to attach shared memory segment, after having
: gotten it. I've tried looking at the value of "sgabeg" in rdbms/lib/ksms.s in
: conjunction with the tstshm command, but I'm really not sure how to tell if
: there's a problem or how to fix it. Here's the output from tstshm:
:
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:
: Here's the entry in ksms.s for sgabeg:
:
: sgabeg = 0xf76c0000
:
: If it's a problem that it's outside of the range between "Lowest" and "Highest
: shared memory address", how do you determine where to set it? By the way,
: I've tried setting it equal to "Lowest shared memory address" with the same
: results.
:
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:
: So, can something be done, or is this version of Oracle incompatible with
: either the SS10 or 4.1.3? Thanks for wading through the note and I'm looking
: forward to any pointers...

Basically 6.0.26 was never certified against SunOS 4.1.3, but try an attach address of 0xe000000.

If possible upgrade to 6.0.37.

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