Re: Cannot create database (Oracle 8.1.7 on Redhat 7.1)

From: Lubomir Petrov <lpetrov_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 5 Oct 2001 22:22:24 -0700
Message-ID: <75805ad9.0110052122.6f083607@posting.google.com>

Hi,

I just solved the problem. If anyone falls in the same situation (Redhat 7.1, Oracle installed successfully, cannot create database) here is the solution:
In addition to

   compat-glibc-6.2-2.1.3.2.i386.rpm
   compat-libs-6.2-3.i386.rpm
   compat-egcs-6.2-1.1.2.14.i386.rpm

another rpm must be installed:

   glibc-2.1.3-stubs.tar.gz
prior to creating the database!

Lubomir Petrov

lpetrov_at_yahoo.com (Lubomir Petrov) wrote in message news:<75805ad9.0110051627.6370f6c0_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hi all!
>
> I installed Oracle 8.1.7 Enterprise Edition on Redhat 7.1. The system
> has plenty of disk space and 256MB RAM, Pentium III. I did all the
> preparation needed and the install was successful.
>
> Now I'm trying to create the database. Here is what happens:
> 1. Creating new database using dbassist - hangs at creating datafiles
> (I know the database creation is slow, but I waited for more than 10
> hours)
> 2. Copying sample database using dbassist - hangs at initializing
> database (I've noticed that datafiles are already at the right place,
> but control files are not...)
> 3. Creating the scripts in dbassist for creating new database and
> executing scripts (e.g. using svrmgrl) - svrmgrl hangs
>
> I haven't recompiled the kernel. Instead of this I did:
> echo 250 32000 100 128 > /proc/sys/kernel/sem
> echo 256000000 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
> echo 256000000 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmall
>
> ORACLE_SID is set. There is nothing in alert<SID>.log file.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Lyubomir Petrov
Received on Sat Oct 06 2001 - 00:22:24 CDT