All redolog files lost in oracle 8i

Question

Hi,
i had a disk corruption where i lost all redolog files and my db was down how i can make db up.
workaround:
in os level i manually created the lost redo log files (same path what was earlier):
sql>startup mount;
sql>recover database untill cancel;
sql>alter database open resetlogs;
is it works ?

Answer 1

Hi,
i foolowed what you said .removing the files you manually created,
SQL> startup mount;
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 488082184 bytes
Fixed Size 731912 bytes
Variable Size 268435456 bytes
Database Buffers 218103808 bytes
Redo Buffers 811008 bytes
Database mounted.
SQL> recover database until cancel;
ORA-00279: change 1578125068 generated at 03/06/2009 06:22:35 needed for thread
1
ORA-00289: suggestion : /oratranslog/archive/1_34930.dbf
ORA-00280: change 1578125068 for thread 1 is in sequence #34930
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
ORA-00308: cannot open archived log '/oratranslog/archive/1_34930.dbf'
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
SVR4 Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 3
ORA-01547: warning: RECOVER succeeded but OPEN RESETLOGS would get error below
ORA-01194: file 1 needs more recovery to be consistent
ORA-01110: data file 1: '/oracle1/oradata/voipdb/system01.dbf'
SQL> alter database open resetlogs;
alter database open resetlogs
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01194: file 1 needs more recovery to be consistent
ORA-01110: data file 1: '/oracle1/oradata/voipdb/system01.dbf'
what shall i do next