You don't say what platform, but out of curiousity try: $ ls -l /etc/ora* -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kerber, Andrew W. Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 5:31 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Clusterware re-installation Here is kind of a strange one. I have a couple of development machines I am using for experimental purposes. I deinstalled clusterware from -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l