Scott, you probably have an error in your parameters. Try "startup pfile=/oracle/product/9.2.0/dbs/init_MYSID.ora". That should work.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stefick [mailto:sstefick@;harper.cc.il.us] > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 7:14 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: ORA-1078 During a 9iR2 Install > > > I've never been able to get into the DB yet to open it. > > -Scott > > > At 03:48 PM 10/31/02 -0800, you wrote: > >Was your database in mount,nomount,open or IDLE state? > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 3:30 PM > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > >I'm really new to 9i and I vaguely heard about the spfile, > so I looked in > >the Oracle9i New Features book (thanks RF!) to read up on > the spfile. I > >noticed that it said that if an spfile was not created, it > would default to > >look for the initSID.ora file. Well, I opened a SQLPLUS > session and tried > >to use the syntax in the book to create an spfile anyway and > I got the > >following message: > > > >------snip----------------------------------------------- > >SQL> CREATE > SPFILE='/u01/app/oracle/admin/REGENTDB/pfile/spfileREGENTDB.ora' > > FROM > >PFILE='/u01/app/oracle/admin/REGENTDB/pfile/initREGENTDB.ora'; > > > >CREATE > SPFILE='/u01/app/oracle/admin/REGENTDB/pfile/spfileREGENTDB.ora' > >* > >ERROR at line 1: > >ORA-01078: FAILURE IN PROCESSING SYSTEM PARAMETERS > >ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status > >HP-UX Error: 14 Bad address > >Additional information: 1 > > > >SQL> > >------snip----------------------------------------------- > > > >I think my whole problem is that the DBCA is supposed to > create one for you > >and it never got to that point. I got the ORA-01078 error > before it was > >ever created. > > > >Thanks so much, > >-Scott > > > > > > > >At 07:03 AM 10/31/02 -0800, you wrote: > > >You should recreate your spfile. Oracle9i starts from an > spfile, if it > > >exists > > >and some installations do put a ghost one in $ORACLE_HOME/dbs. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Scott Stefick [mailto:sstefick@;harper.cc.il.us] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 5:04 PM > > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > Subject: ORA-1078 During a 9iR2 Install > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Gurus, > > > > > > > > Hardware: HP rp5470 > > > > OS: HP-UX 11i (11.11) > > > > Oracle Version: Enterprise Edition 9.2.0.1.0 > > > > > > > > I'm in the process of installing Oracle 9.2.0.1 and > while the DBCA is > > > > trying to create and start the database, I'm getting an > > > > "ORA-1078: failure > > > > in processing system parameters" error. Then when I tried > > > > startup nomount > > > > I got that error again along with "LRM-00109: could not open > > > > parameter file > > > > '/u01/app/oracle/product/9201/dbs/initREGENTDB.ora' > error message. I > > > > opened up a TAR with Oracle and so far they just made > sure that my > > > > ORACLE_HOME, ORACLE_BASE, ORACLE_SID and PATH were set > > > > correctly. they > > > > said they would get back to me on this one. Has anyone here > > > > encountered > > > > anything like this during a 9iR2 install, or does > anyone have any > > > > suggestions that I could try? > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > -Scott > > > > > > > > ****************************************** > > > > Scott Stefick > > > > UNIX Systems Administrator > > > > Oracle Certified Professional DBA > > > > Wm. 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