Starting Oracle Database on Linux

Hi,

I have a oracle 9i installed on linux.
How do i start the database,
i can login as root,

i am a newbie to linux.

Please advise.

Thank You.

It depends on where you installed the oracle software.. Look under the oracle-software directory after a program called dbstart and dbshut to close the database. You also must have database entries in /etc/oratab to be able to start/stop.