Are you creating it on a different machine?
i.e. a machine which only has Oracle installed and no database's set up?

If so, you're best bet on Win2000 is to just run the database creation wizard:

Go through the steps, but don't actually let it create the database - make it save it as scripts to run later (this will come up as an option).

Modify these scripts so that it creates the tablespaces and sizes you want.
Modify the init files:
Most likely: c:\Oracle\Ora8i\Database\initSID.ora
but on 8i this will include an ifile to:
c:\Oracle\Ora8i\admin\SID\pfile\init.ora

Once you've finished, run the scripts that were created, and it will create the database services, database, and run catalog etc. ready for you to import your database.


Terry


[Edited by TerryD on 11-09-2000 at 11:47 AM]