How on earth did you export a database that was down? On 19/09/2007, ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx <ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We were hitting shared memory errors. Googled it and this is common when an > Oracle install is wrong. I looked into it and the kernel parameters were > never set(I didnt do the install). This is in Redhat 5.0 with Oracle > 10.2.0.1. Set the kernetl parameters and stepped through the install to make > sure ulimit, etc... was correct. Started up the DB and got the same error. > > ORA-01034: ORACLE not available > ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist > Linux-x86_64 Error: 2: No such file or directory > > So I shut the DB down. did an export for a quick backup(its just development > data). Uninstaled the software and then reinstalled. > > started up the DB and had the same problem. I had to make a new database and > import the data to it to start over. I am ok for now, but for future > reference, is any DB created with a bad install hosed and I have to make a > new DB? The new DB works fine so far with the imported data. > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l