[MCA]> sqldba

SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production on Mon Jan 14 08:24:18 2008

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Connected to an idle instance.

?> !cat /.users/mount/mcadot/temp/initMCA.ora
db_name=MCA

?> startup nomount pfile=/.users/mount/mcadot/temp/initMCA.ora
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area  171966464 bytes
Fixed Size                  2028656 bytes
Variable Size             113249168 bytes
Database Buffers           50331648 bytes
Redo Buffers                6356992 bytes
?> create database;

Database created.

?> select name from v$dbfile;
NAME
-----------------------------------------------------------------
/oracle/product/rdbms/10.2.0.3/dbs/dbs1MCA.dbf
/oracle/product/rdbms/10.2.0.3/dbs/dbx1MCA.dbf

2 rows selected.

?> shutdown immediate
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
?> startup mount pfile=/.users/mount/mcadot/temp/initMCA.ora
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area  171966464 bytes
Fixed Size                  2028656 bytes
Variable Size             113249168 bytes
Database Buffers           50331648 bytes
Redo Buffers                6356992 bytes
Database mounted.
?> alter system enable restricted session;

System altered.

?> drop database;

Database dropped.

Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning and Data Mining options
?> exit

SQL> startup nomount pfile='C:\oracle\admin\testdb\pfile\init_testdb.ora'
LRM-00109: could not open parameter file 'C:\oracle\admin\testdb\pfile\init_testdb.ora'
ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
SQL>

C:\set oracle_sid=testdb
C:\oradim -new -sid testdb -intpwd test -pfile C:\oracle\admin\testdb\pfile\init_testdb.ora
C:\sqlplus /no log
SQL>conn sys/test as sysdba
SQL>startup nomount pfile='C:\oracle\admin\testdb\pfile\init_testdb.ora'
LRM-00109: could not open parameter file 'C:\oracle\admin\testdb\pfile\init_testdb.ora'
ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters