At least one of your control files is corrupted, or the disk it is on is bad:
00204, 00000, "error in reading (block %s, # blocks %s) of controlfile" // *Cause: A disk I/O failure was detected on reading the controlfile. // *Action: Check if the disk is online, if it is not, bring it online and try // a warm start again. If it is online, then you need to recover // the disk. Jared "Nguyen, David M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/14/2002 05:19 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: How to fix ORA-03113 error I could not start database due to ORA-03113 error, someone please advise what it means and how to fix it ASAP. I really appreciate your help. Thanks, David SVRMGR> startup ORACLE instance started. Total System Global Area 285236752 bytes Fixed Size 48656 bytes Variable Size 75390976 bytes Database Buffers 209715200 bytes Redo Buffers 81920 bytes Database mounted. ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel ***Alert.log: Mon Oct 14 17:57:27 2002 Database mounted in Exclusive Mode. Completed: alter database mount Mon Oct 14 17:57:27 2002 alter database open Picked broadcast on commit scheme to generate SCNs Mon Oct 14 17:57:27 2002 Rolling back half complete log switch of thread 1 LGWR: terminating instance due to error 204 Instance terminated by LGWR, pid = 483 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Nguyen, David M INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).