Problem Installing Oracle 8i

System Model and Spec
Sun Enterprise 420R
Processor Speed: 450 MHz (4 processors)
Installed RAM: 4 GB
Os: Solaris 8 Sparc

I successfully installed standard oracle 8i setup on our database server specs above but after installation was competed and it went to creating database I got the following error each and every time I have checked online but I don't seam to find any way to fix it or if there is, its not explained very well I must stress am not Solaris Pro am learning as I go along any ways am digressing from subject below is the error i get.

ORA 01034 : Oracle not Available.

has any one else had this and have a simple step by step way to fix it?

Thanks a lot

After installing the binaries (the Oracle RDBMS software), you'll need to create the database.

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got it working thanks radoulov :slight_smile: