Oracle Patchset Issue

[dontinou]

hey that looks like we're getting somewhere! All services set to autostart. Instance was Idle. Here's the output:

D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\BIN>echo %oracle_sid%
orcl

D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\BIN>sqlplus /nolog

SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.5.0 - Production on Mon Dec 27 12:19:36 2010

Copyright (c) 1982, 2010, Oracle. All Rights Reserved.

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

Total System Global Area 612368384 bytes
Fixed Size 1304752 bytes
Variable Size 171968336 bytes
Database Buffers 436207616 bytes
Redo Buffers 2887680 bytes
Database mounted.
ORA-01092: ORACLE instance terminated. Disconnection forced


SQL>

What should I try next? How come I have to manually start the instance? Do I have to do this every time? Why is it terminating?

Also, nothing in the Application Event Log that tells me why I got the ORA-01092, is there a logfile somewhere?

Thanks