Problem running oracle 9i database in archivelog mode - database freezes

Greetings,
I recently needed to change a (test) database to archivelog mode to make online back-ups of this database. This posed no real problem although I seem to be unable to set the database to automatic archiving eventhough I edited the init.ora file (translation of the "archive log list" output between square brackets):
SQL> archive log list
Databaselogmodus Archiveermodus [Databaselogmode: Archivemode]
Automatisch archiveren Gedeactiveerd [Automatic archiving: Deactivated]
Archiveerbestemming O:\oracle\ora92\RDBMS [Archivedestionation: O:\oracle\ora92\RDBMS]
Oudste on-line logreeks 12306
Volgende logreeks voor archivering 12306
Huidige logreeks 12308
I added this to my init.ora file:
# Archvie Log Destinations
log_archive_start=TRUE
log_archive_dest_1=%ORACLE_HOME%\database\archive
log_archive_format="%%ORACLE_SID%%t_%s.arc"
However, this is not the real problem (maybe it has something to do with it, which is why I mention it aswell), the real problem is that my database freezes when the archive log file is "full". When the archive file reaches ~102.400Kb it just freezes up and I need to restart the database.
The following error is written to the alert_sid.log file:
Thu Apr 17 09:19:55 2008
Thread 1 cannot allocate new log, sequence 12309
All online logs needed archiving
Current log# 2 seq# 12308 mem# 0: O:\ORACLE\ORADATA\O\REDO02.LOG
The problem seems to be that the oracle service can't start a new logfile when the previous one is full. Does anybody know how I could fix this?
Thanks in advance,
Bram

Hello Maran, thanks for your quick response.
I added the output of archivelog list in the original post, but it's in dutch so here's the (loose) translation of the output:
SQL> archive log list
Databaselog mode Archive mode
Automatic archiving Deactivated
Archive destionation O:\oracle\ora92\RDBMS
Oldest on-line logsequence 12307
Next logsequence for archiving 12307
Current logsequence 12309
Maybe something that can help with the troubleshooting:
The archivelog file is written to O:\oracle\ora92\RDBMS but only AFTER the reboot, I've checked SYSTEM rights to the folder and it has full control.
Babu, thanks aswell for your quick response.
The location exists and space is available but the database doesn't seem to load (that part of) the ora.init file because the output of archive log list still refers to %ORACLE_HOME%\rdbms instead of %ORACLE_HOME%\database\archive.
I've now executed alter system archive log all; and am executing the import where the database usually freezes to see if it still happens. So far I already had this written to the alert_sid.log file after executing the command:
Completed: alter database open
Thu Apr 17 10:00:11 2008
ARCH: Evaluating archive log 1 thread 1 sequence 12307
ARCH: Beginning to archive log 1 thread 1 sequence 12307
Creating archive destination LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1: 'O:\ORACLE\ORA92\RDBMS\ARC12307.001'
ARCH: Completed archiving log 1 thread 1 sequence 12307
ARCH: Evaluating archive log 2 thread 1 sequence 12308
ARCH: Beginning to archive log 2 thread 1 sequence 12308
Creating archive destination LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1: 'O:\ORACLE\ORA92\RDBMS\ARC12308.001'
ARCH: Completed archiving log 2 thread 1 sequence 12308
And new log files were written to the directory (O:\oracle\ora92\RDBMS) and this time I didn't have to reboot for it to happen. Both were 100mb files without the database actually doing all that much though.
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