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Oracle XE restore problem

Dear experts,

I have a server where oracle express was installed.
I was doing backups using rman and then zipping the flash_recovery_area and saving this file.
The server died and I am now trying to restore the databases.
I think the server was installed with Oracle XE 8i and I am trying to restore on Oracle XE 10i
I installed a new server with Oracle XE, unzipped my backup in the new flash_recovery_area and ran the restore script.
When I do that on linux, I receive :
    channel ORA_DISK_1: no autobackup in 7 days found
The output of the script on windows is attached to this message.
Is it the correct way to restore the database?
I can't find the Oracle XE 8i installation file. Could it be the reason why the restore is not working?
A link to download it would be greatly appreciated.
Do you have any idea why it is failing and how to solve the problem?
Many thanks

restore.txt
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Thanks for your answer.
OCS was running on the server and in the software inventory it says that the version of Oracle was : Oracle Database 10g Express Edition       10.2.1015
Should I try to restore the backup on oracle 10g XE instead of Oracle 10i XE?
There is no 10i XE,  there is only 10g XE,  so yes,  use 10g XE
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Indeed there is 10i XE, don't know where I got that. I am running 10g XE.
What do you mean by "recover until file"?
If a full restore is not possible because of the bad redo log, is it possible to do a partial restore?
Please read "Indeed there is no 10i XE" in my previous post.
>>Indeed there is 10i XE, don't know where I got that.

Then you didn't get it from Oracle.  I'm with sdstuber, I've never seen  or heard of 10i XE.

>> is it possible to do a partial restore?

Yes.  Either cancel or log based.

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14220/backrec.htm#sthref2365
Here is an update:
I was able to use the database after the restore by using :
   alter database open resetlogs;

The database is working but I have lost 1 week of data.
>>The database is working but I have lost 1 week of data.

Glad it's up and running.  

Since you lost data can I suggest you take some time to solidify your disaster recovery procedures to make sure this this doesn't happen in the future.
That's a good idea.
Any idea why the redo log file was corrupted?
I tested the backup/restore procedure some time ago bu I cannot test all the backups ...
>>Any idea why the redo log file was corrupted?

From the error message it looks like your redo log file was in the process of being copied when you zipped it up.  Therefore the ZIP didn't contain a complete log file.

I would keep multiple copies around just for this reason.  Say you copy a 'partial' file tonight, tomorrows backup should copy a complete version of that file.  Then when you go to recover and see this message again, you just go to the next backup to recover a clean copy of that file.