Re: Universal Server on 2.5.1 won't start

Yiorgos Adamopoulos wrote: > > Hi all, > > This is what I get when trying to start the (former Illustra) Universal > Server: > > root@milos: [1] ~ # oninit > oninit: Cannot open chunk '/disk1/home/informix/informix/INFORMIXDISKSPACE'. > errno = 4 > oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization > > Any ideas? > > [I have modified the /etc/system file according to the release notes except > for the ``set enable_sm_wa = 1'' option which is not valid in Solaris 2.5.1. > I checked this with the Solaris newsgroup and Sun people.] > Sounds suspiciously like this is your first time trying to bring up the instance. Did you first do an oninit -i (which will initialize the instance, and WIPE OUT ANY EXISTING DATA (if there is any)). Have you done this? Vic -- Vic Goldberg Manager, Database Administration Team Cornell Information Technologies (607) 254-7441 (voice) (607) 255-6982 (fax)