RE: REcover DB from data files

are these files from a cold backup?      

From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Mark Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 12:13 PM To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: REcover DB from data files

Guys the DB is Oracle 9i  

I have the control & data, pfiles files of a previous database -same oracle version. (OS crashed, so we reinstaleld the OS and oracle but all the OS files are safe) I need to restore this to a new dtabase. How do I do it?  

I tried it using oradim, the instance wouldnt start.  

thanks in advance

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