Need Help:I meet trouble after I installed Oracle10g in my Linux OS.

After i installed Oracle10g Database in Linux OS in my PC,I can manage it from em .
But when i reboot my PC,i found i can't connect the Database again,whether i use sqlplus or em.
Why?Somethings i miss?But i install it depend on the documents download from the www.oracle.com.Here is my e-mail address:[email protected]
thanks.
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On Linux/Unix Oracle does not start automatically at machine reboot. You have to create an autostart script to do that. See Re: Starting Oracle Databases on Startup of Server

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Do so, but remember that ALL prior date will be lost for most purposes. It is feasible that Big Brother or others might be able to recover some data, but if you're not doing some identity theft scam, running with Al Qaeda, a big corporation looking to hold onto trade secrets, a bit paranoid or overly security conscious one pass should do. If you're up for it do 7 passes. Hey 35 sounds like even more fun! Think of all those extra zeros. ;>) One pass will take 30 to 60 minutes depending on the size of your hard drive. 35 passes could mean 7 to 24 hours.
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If you have done online banking since the scam, and while at risk, beyond changing the passwords, you may want to contact your bank and change your accounts. All automatic charges/payments can be rolled over for 90 days. After that you need to give notice to payors/payees.
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Yes, the 512GB is one of the largest consumer SSDs made. OWC has a 980GB, but it's only for 3Gbps speeds and we have 6Gbps speeds on our MacBook Pros. For some good information and a 'buyer's guide' to SSDs, see Sean's SSD Buyers Guide & Information Thread. One of the drives that he recommends is the Crucial m4 series.
I do use my Thunderbolt port - I've an Apple Thunderbolt Display and just recently (this month) added a LaCie 2Big Thunderbolt 4TB disk (it's actually 2 disks - it comes formatted as RAID 0 but I 'unraided' it and now have two 2TB disks). Lightening fast - I use one drive as a Time Machine backup and the other as my 'working' drive for any and all projects that I'm currently working on.
Because my Denon reciever has AirPlay, I don't have external speakers for my computer any longer. My first pair were some Harman Kardon Soundsticks and they were good, but I bought the Bose Companion (it was at III then - I believe that they're at 5 now) speakers in 2006 and found them to be unsurpassed. They work great with Apple products. The Bose are expensive, but worth it.
Try Amazon for both the Crucial RAM and SSD - they have a slight discount, anyway, from what you'd pay ordering directly from Crucial.
Good luck,
Clinton

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