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runInstaller failed with error 0509-119 The l_nimpid field in the .loader section header is not positive. [ID 211138.1]

Modified 21-OCT-2010 Type PROBLEM Status PUBLISHED

Problem Description:
====================

You are trying to install Oracle 9i release 2 on an AIX machine(5.1)

from a staging area and you are receiving the following errors
when trying to execute the runInstaller:

$ ./runInstaller

exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program ./runInstaller because of the

following errors:
0509-119 The l_nimpid field in the .loader section header
is not positive.
0509-193 Examine the .loader section header with the
'dump -Hv' command.

Solution :
=========

1. Check to see if runInstaller executable is corrupt:

$ cd <staging_area>/Disk1/install/aix

$ dump -Hv runInstaller

If the output is as follows, the runInstaller executable is corrupt:

runInstaller:
***Loader Section***
Loader Header Information
VERSION# #SYMtableENT #RELOCent LENidSTR
0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
#IMPfilID OFFidSTR LENstrTBL OFFstrTBL
0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000

2. If the runInstaller executable is corrupt, you need to re-copy the

contents from the CD to the staging area again, or install directly from
the CD-ROM media.

Explanation:
=============

The above output suggests that the runInstaller executable is corrupt

because all of the entries in the header of the loader section of the
executable are 0x0000000(zero).

Please note that runInstaller executable exists in the directory

Disk1/install/aix.

Check the output of the command "dump -Hv" for the runInstaller executable that
exists on the CD. The directory is the same as above. You will find the correct
values if the CD is also not corrupt.

Related

Products

• Oracle Database Products > Oracle Database > Oracle Database > Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition
• Oracle Database Products > Oracle Database > Oracle Database > Oracle Universal Installer

Keywords

RUNINSTALLER

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