[oracle@localhost ~]$ sqlplus sys as sysdba SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Tue Feb 15 16:09:03 2011 Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Enter password: Connected to an idle instance. SQL> selct * from v$version SP2-0734: unknown command beginning "selct * fr..." - rest of line ignored. SQL> select * from v$version; select * from v$version * ERROR at line 1: ORA-01034: ORACLE not available Process ID: 0 Session ID: 0 Serial number: 0 SQL> startup ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters LRM-00109: could not open parameter file '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1/dbs/initDB11G.ora'