Init.ora file missing (Oracle 10g)

Hi guys,
My database is down and when I try to startup it's complaining about the init.ora file that is missing. Is there a way of recreating this file and how?
Thanx.

Kamran Agayev A. wrote:
NPD wrote:
Hi guys,
My database is down and when I try to startup it's complaining about the init.ora file that is missing. Is there a way of recreating this file and how?
Thanx.Show the output and verify for any initialization paramtere file in $ORACLE_HOME/dbs directoryIf it really is missing (so far we only have your word, and I trust Oracle more ... show us the actual error message) and you have no backup, you can recreate it by referencing your alert log. At every startup, the alert log will record all non-default initialization parms.

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