I've got a new article on OTN that goes into detail on installing Oracle10g Database on Linux that may help. Here's the link: http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/smiley_10gdb_install.html John Smiley -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ron Rogers Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 8:07 AM To: Paula_Stankus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; SrinivasT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; mrichard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Oracle 10G RedHat Linux From the RedHat" Deploying Oracle9i Database on Red Hat Linux 3" manual perhaps these instruction need to be followed. I remember seeing something sumilar in the RedHat 2.1 manuals. As ROOT; edit the /etc/security/limits.conf file oracle soft nofile 4096 oracle hard nofile 8192 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l