Not able to start oracle instance

Question

Hi ,
While trying to start oracle instance the following error was displayed.
ORA-00205: error in identifying control file, check alert log for more info
I tried refering the older posts and replicated the same but still the same issue occurs.
Could anyone help out on this.
Thanks,

Answer 1

Hi,
This is a new instance that was installed.
I'm not able to locate any control files and also unable to late spfile. When i check for initorcl.ora file i could not locate the control files, i could see only the below information
# define two control files by default
control_files = (ora_control1, ora_control2)
I could see only a directory named pfile but it doesnot contain any files in it.
bash-3.2# pwd
/pvcs/oracledump/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_2/admin/orcl
bash-3.2# ls -latr
total 32
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Jun 29 06:30 udump
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Jun 29 06:30 pfile
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Jun 29 06:30 dpdump
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Jun 29 06:30 cdump
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Jun 29 06:30 bdump
drwxr-x--- 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Jun 29 06:30 adump
drwxr-x--- 3 oracle oinstall 4096 Jun 29 06:30 ..
drwxr-x--- 8 oracle oinstall 4096 Jun 29 06:30 .
Here is the output of my envirnment:
SQL> SELECT * from v$version;
BANNER
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - 64bi
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
CORE 10.2.0.1.0 Production
TNS for Linux: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
**SQL> SHOW PARAMETER CONTROL_FILES;
NAME TYPE VALUE
control_files string /pvcs/oracledump/oracle/produc
t/10.2.0/db_2/dbs/ora_control1
, /pvcs/oracledump/oracle/prod
uct/10.2.0/db_2/dbs/ora_contro12
Plese let me know what else have to be done from my end.