>I can't find any material through Google on this error other than what I've
>already provided. If I may venture an educated guess, the error is probably
>due to the fact that the software was downloaded instead of being installed
>from an Oracle-provided CD. There have been reported issues with downloaded
>Oracle software in the past in this newsgroup, and I am pretty sure that you
>will find that Oracle is as stable a software as there is, dependent on the
>hardware and OS you are putting it on, and on its being installed from a
>CDROM. You can get a trial license for the software (on CD) from
>oraclestore.oracle.com for US $0 dollars plus shipping and handling.
>> hi,
>> umm... thanks...
>> any idea what this is about?? is it "host" as in the tcp sense??
>> some configuration file I have to modify??
>> i downloaded the software for evaluation (no support) and so far find
>> that it sucks...
>> Ben New
>> Leftclick Software Development
>> On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 02:15:46 GMT, "Simon Gottesman"
>> >ORA-01041: internal error. hostdef extension doesn't exist
>> > Cause: Pointer to HSTDEF extension in HSTDEF is null.
>> > Action: Contact Oracle Customer Support.
>> >> Oh yeah, one more thing... now the database wont start. This is the
>> >> example output (spaces and junk removed):
>> >> bash> dbstart
>> >> SQL> ERROR:
>> >> ORA-01041: internal error. hostdef extension doesn't exist
>> >> SQL> ORA-24324: service handle not initialized
>> >> ORA-01041: internal error. hostdef extension doesn't exist
>> >> SQL>
>> >> Database "[SID]" warm started.
>> >> Does anyone know what a "hostdef extension" is or how to create one?
>> >> Can anyone help my broken installation?
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Ben New
>> >> Leftclick Software Development
>> >> >Hello,
>> >> >I have been tearing my hair out trying to install Oracle 9i AS (9.0.1)
>> >> >Standard Edition on SuSE Linux 7.1 Professional, running kernel 2.4.4.
>> >> >AFAIK, I have completed the pre-installation tasks and followed the
>> >> >installation instructions from the installation disc.
>> >> >Before installing iAS the database configuration was working fine -
>> >> >i.e. I could login/out using SQL*Plus and perform normal database
>> >> >operations - create, drop, etc.
>> >> >During installation, in the "Linking Application Server" part, I got
>> >> >the following error message:
>> >> >Error in invoking target relink of makefile
>> >> >/opt/oracle/product/9.0.1/precomp/lib/ins_precomp.mk.
>> >> >Calling the makefile by hand produces the following:
>> >> >bash> make -f ins_precomp.mk relink
>> >> >rm -f /opt/oracle/product/9.0.1/bin/
>> >> >rm: '/opt/oracle/product/9.0.1/bin' is a directory
>> >> >make: *** [relink] Error 1
>> >> >In the Configuration section of the install, both the HTTP Server and
>> >> >Portal 3.0 startups fail. However I feel this is because of the
>> >> >previous error.
>> >> >Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> >> >Thanks in advance,
>> >> >Ben New
>> >> >Leftclick Software Development
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