Dennis, Thanks for your input. I am doing what the manual says - shutdown , copy, mount, alter, open and every time I'm getting the "unknown file header" message. I suspect that I am missing some parameters in my dd command because of - as Stephen suggested - different formats. I guess I will have to play with different parameters to see which one is correct.
thanks Gene --- DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gene > Good ideas from Stephen. A more basic issue if > you haven't dealt with it > is that copying a system datafile is different from > copying other datafiles. > You can't have the database open. I recall that you > have to STARTUP MOUNT > and ALTER DATABASE DATAFILE. This procedure is > covered in the Oracle > Manuals. Just thought I should mention this in case > you hadn't considered > it. > > Dennis Williams > DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Gurelei INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
