Problem Description ------------------You are installing 8.0.X and 8.1.X on a HP/UX 10.20 or 11.0. During the relinking phase of the install you receive the following error: Out of memory Error: Exit code 12 You checked the kernel parameters maxdsiz, maxtsiz, maxssiz and maxdsiz_64, maxtsiz_64 and maxssize_64 (on HP 64 bit only). The kernel parameters appear to be set correctly. Solution Description -------------------You need to increase the Message Queue kernel parameters. Using SAM, the system administration tool for HP/UX go to the tunable kernel parameters and increase the Message Queue parameters. msgseg msgtql Explanation ----------The Message Queue kernel parameters are set to a low value. If the Message Queue kernel parameters are too low, you will get error messages similar to those when maxdsiz, maxtsiz and maxssiz parameters are set too low. . Copyright (c) 1995,2000 Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Legal Notices and Terms of Use. Problem Description ------------------You are trying to startup database, you get error: ORA-27102 out of memory HP UX error 12 not enough space This is the 4th database you are trying to startup, the other 3 databases are started fine. The SGA they used are all 177MB, but you can see you have 682MB free memory and 1GB free swap space. You have tried to lower down the SGA size, but it does not make difference. You shutdown the 3rd database, then try to start it up again, it gets same error message and can not be started up. Solution Description -------------------- Check hardware memory and reboot the box. After restart the server, all databases can be startup. Explanation ----------HP-UX error 12: not enough space usually means there is not enough real memory or swap space. In this case, it seems hardware has some problem freeing the memory. Apparently reboot the box fix the problem. Additional Search Words ----------------------ora-27102, HP-UX error 12, not enough space, can not startup database . Copyright (c) 1995,2000 Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Legal Notices and Terms of Use.