Re: SE Reports a "no shared memory" problem

You can has SE & OL in the same INFORMIXDIR if they are the same version e.g. 5.0x or 7.2x, but not (I believe) 5.x & 7.x in the same INFORMIXDIR as lots of files which would be the same on both versions will be different. If this is what you've done you need to clear out INFORMIXDIR & restore from backup or reinstall reinstall the old versions, and then install the new one in a different INFORMIXDIR. Clearing out the orginal INFORMXIDIR will ensure there are no 7.x files left behind to confuse the issue. Then I see no reason for you to have problems once you have finished setting up the extra stuff required by 7.x. Theres a shell variable which controls which one you load if they are in the same INFORMIXDIR (one is sqlexec, the other sqlturbo). BTW I never can across SE 4.10 - with our 4.1x tools we use SE 5.0x. Did something pass me by? In article <6937u1$gu1@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Peter Tashkoff <TashkoP@kiwi.co.nz> writes >Further to this, the penny has just dropped regarding your post header. >Are you saying that SE no longer works? >Have you overwritten your SE binaries with the Online versions? >It's been so long since I worked with SE (or with 4.10 anything of = >Informix) that I am not sure of this point but, if you have, should they = >not be in separate directories? > >PS: I don't know about keeping Unix alive, but you seem to be doing a good = >job with ancient versions of Informix :) > > >Read the release notes in $INFORMIXDIR/release. >There are a bunch of settings you need to set up in the /etc/system file = >to configure shared memory and semaphores etc. >If you have never installed online before, make sure that you have = >followed the installation instructions *to the letter*. Installing in the = >wrong order or as the wrong userid can (will) screw things up badly. > > >>>> root <root@saintelmo.lucent.heidelberg.army.mil> 9/01/98 00:07:31 >>> >I am running Informix SE 4.10 on a 3B2 system. I just installed Informix = >Online 4.10. >When I run "isql", the response is 1: not owner, 123: ISAM ERROR: no = >shared memory. >What do I have to do to fix this problem? The documentation indicates a = >shared memory partition is required. I have no Shared Memory Pamphlet = >which gives me the proper instructions. -- Sally Woolrich My Email address has been altered to limit junk mail. Please remove the second 'x' in the company name to Email me.