cannot start database in 9i

[gaegoori]

I just installed Oracle 9i. Did not create database yet, so I'm trying to create on right now, but cannot startup nomount.
I connect to sqlplus> sys as sysdba and did startup nomount /vol1/apps/oracle/admin/medss/pfile/initmeds.ora.
Then nothing happens, it hangs there and nothing happens for 10-15 min. Any suggestions?

[julian]

Try with the following pfile, but first modify the first 4 and the last one for your own needs. What happened?

background_dump_dest=$HOME/ADMIN/BDUMP
user_dump_dest=$HOME/ADMIN/UDUMP
core_dump_dest=$HOME/ADMIN/CDUMP
control_files=$HOME/ORADATA/u01/ctrl01.ctl
compatible=9.0.0
db_block_size=4096
db_cache_size=4M
db_8k_cache_size=4M
db_domain=world
service_names = NAME
db_name = NAME
instance_name = NAME
global_names=TRUE
java_pool_size=0
max_dump_file_size=10240
remote_login_passwordfile=none
shared_pool_size=8M
undo_management=AUTO
undo_tablespace=UNDO_TBS