Errors when running catalog.sql and catproc.sql files

Have you tried using the Database Configuration Assistant? You can step through the DBCA and at the end, it will create a set of scripts that create a database and runs the appropriate cat* scripts in the proper order. It may be that the order you're executing the cat* scripts is incorrect. If you use DBCA, you can get a good example from which you can make sure that what you're doing is in the proper order. You don't have to create a database from those scripts, but they are good references. But, using the generated scripts and actually running them may prove to you if a database can be created at all. If the scripts fail that are generated by DBCA, you've likely got a bigger problem somewhere and may need to check with Oracle support directly on that.

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