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Total System Global Area 1707446272 bytes
Fixed Size                  1336988 bytes
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ORA-00205: error in identifying control file, check alert log for more info


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Check your alert log - it's most likely going to say that it can't find the control file (the alert log will tell you where it's looking).

Have you been moving files around ?

Default location of alert is usually (assuming you installed on the C: drive in \oracle:

If your DB name is demo:

c:\oracle\diag\rdbms\demo\demo\trace\alert_demo.log
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Trace file /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/pros/pros/trace/pros_dbrm_11445.trc
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
ORACLE_HOME = /u01/app/oracle/product/112
System name:      Linux
Node name:      wtu
Release:      2.6.18-53.el5PAE
Version:      #1 SMP Wed Oct 10 16:48:18 EDT 2007
Machine:      i686
Instance name: pros
Redo thread mounted by this instance: 1
Oracle process number: 6
Unix process pid: 11445, image: oracle@wtu (DBRM)


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*** SESSION ID:(6.1) 2013-01-02 23:13:29.133
*** CLIENT ID:() 2013-01-02 23:13:29.133
*** SERVICE NAME:() 2013-01-02 23:13:29.133
*** MODULE NAME:() 2013-01-02 23:13:29.133
*** ACTION NAME:() 2013-01-02 23:13:29.133
 
kgsksysstop: from KGSKWT_INTSTATECHNG8 blocking TRUE mode
kgsksysstop: Succeeded

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kgsksysstop: from KGSKWT_INTSTATECHNG8 blocking TRUE mode
kgsksysstop: Succeeded
kgskreset: Threshold setting[numa_pg(0)]
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*** 2013-01-02 23:21:10.202
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*** 2013-01-02 23:21:13.203
[pg 0]: dyn low threshold [1], dyn high threshold [3]

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*** 2013-01-02 23:45:37.883
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I have trc and trm extension
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>>ORA-00205: error in identifying control file, check alert log for more info

There is an issue in your spfile/pfile for the controlfile parameter.  Something isn't matching.

>>I have trc and trm extension

The alert log location and description was posted in http:#a38739194

For 11g it is under the diag/trace folder.
If you are using 10g or before it is in the folder pointed to by the background_dump_dest init parameter.
For some reason I restarted the machine and working fine...



[oracle@wtu ~]$ export ORACLE_SID=pros
[oracle@wtu ~]$ sqlplus /nolog

SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Fri Jan 4 02:06:58 2013

Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

SQL> conn / as sysdba
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area   83697664 bytes
Fixed Size                  1334660 bytes
Variable Size              75498108 bytes
Database Buffers            4194304 bytes
Redo Buffers                2670592 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.
SQL>
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