hi Satyesh, if he would have unmount all then would have tared and untared then possibi= lity was less.. just check up what is there in /etc/oraInst.loc..take care..subodh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chirag DBA" <chiragdba@xxxxxxxxx> To: askdba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Oracle-L Freelists" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "d= ba gurus" <dba_gurus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [askdba] how to rebuild oraInventory if currupted. Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 01:00:37 +0530 >=20 > Hi Team, >=20 > One of my DBA friend has 2 machines. On one he was running 8.0.6. >=20 > To put it on different machine he tar the binaries of the oracle and > untar on another machine. >=20 > DB is working but now he is unable to upgrade. It is asking to do with > DISK and it requires lots of configurations. OraInventory was copied > over from othere system along with oracle home and installed in > different filesystem. =3D20 > Path structure is not same on both machines. Orainventory seems to to > get corrupted. >=20 > Any idea how to rebuild corrupted orainventory? Good Luck..Subodh Deshpande =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Experience Is Knowledge Wisdom Is Philosophy =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --=20 _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at= once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com