ORA-00205: error. Can not start the database

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August 10th, 2004, 09:23 AM

nkulk

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ORA-00205: error. Can not start the database

Hi,

I have installed Oracle 10g on Solaris 8, on a SPARC machine. When I tried to start Oracle, I got the following error:

ORA-00205: error in identifying controlfile, check alert log for more info.

Actually, there are three control files in the file, spfile$ORACLE_SID.ora. So, I do not know why this error should arise. I also checked the control files in the appropriate directory and they do exist, I think in Binary format.

I am a newbie to Oracle and DBA in general.

Here is the procedure I used to connect in detail:

# sqlplus /nolog
SQL>connect sys/oracle.edu as sysdba
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area 146800640 bytes
Fixed Size 1300688 bytes
Variable Size 145237808 bytes
Database Buffers 0 bytes
Redo Buffers 262144 bytes
ORA-00205: error in identifying controlfile, check alert log for more info
SQL>

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Nikhil.

August 12th, 2004, 01:15 PM

shafique

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Please read the alert log file and remove the control file from intilization parameter file that is causing to generate the error message, restart your instance again.

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