From: "Steve Long" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle References: <3BC21002.A456EA5C@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Oracle on Solaris 8 Intel Lines: 36 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 01:13:22 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.61.11.65 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mediaone.net X-Trace: typhoon.jacksonville.mediaone.net 1002676402 66.61.11.65 (Tue, 09 Oct 2001 21:13:22 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 21:13:22 EDT the Oracle install manual for Solaris 8 suggests setting for SHM* parameters in the OS kernel. it seems that your SHMMAX is too low or your SHMMIN is too high, or some other shared memory parameter in the kernel needs adjusted. the other problem could be semaphore parameters in the kernel. RTFM! "d.t." wrote in message news:3BC21002.A456EA5C@hotmail.com... > Hello, > > I just installed Oracle8i (8.1.6) on Solaris 8 Intel, and am having > trouble starting up the database. (I'm not a DBA, I'm new to Oracle). > This is the output: > > SVRMGR> STARTUP PFILE=$ORACLE_HOME/dbs/initCUST0.ora > ORA-27102: out of memory > Intel SVR4 UNIX Error: 22: Invalid argument > SVRMGR> > > This is the documentation for this error message: > > ORA-27102 out of memory > Cause: Out of memory. > Action: Consult the trace file for details. > > My machine has 192 MB of RAM, and I don't know where this 'trace' file > is located (the one that is in my home directory does not seem to have > anything to do with Oracle). Also, what is 'Error: 22'? > > Any pointers on FAQ's would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you, > d.t.