bless you!
But now I get the following:
SVRMGR> startup nomount
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 50055600 bytes
Fixed Size 51632 bytes
Variable Size 16359424 bytes
Database Buffers 33554432 bytes
Redo Buffers 90112 bytes
SVRMGR> alter database mount exclusive;
Statement processed.
SVRMGR> ALTER DATABASE CHARACTER SET WE8ISO8859P1;
ALTER DATABASE CHARACTER SET WE8ISO8859P1
*
ORA-01679: database must be mounted EXCLUSIVE and not open to activate
SVRMGR>


why do I still get this error?>?>?

- Magnus