informix on Linux 2.4.1
Hi, I've upgraded my machine to kernel 2.4.1 and I wonder whether I could now have 'raw devices' on Linux. I believe that on Linux 2.2 you had to use a patch from SGI or RedHat for the raw device support. Is this in kernel 2.4.1 still an issue ? Is anyone running IDS 9.21 with raw devices on Linux kernel 2.4.1 ? Thanks! david.
It is possible. I installed informix with supporing raw device on kernel 2.2.14(Redhat6.2,Redhat7.0,SuSE6.4,SuSE7.0) I alos installed informix with supporting raw devices on kernel 2.4.0 . there is no problem Using raw device on Linux. "David Stes" <stes@pandora.be> wrote in message news:3A82F5B9.B6381555@pandora.be... > > Hi, > > I've upgraded my machine to kernel 2.4.1 and I wonder whether I could > now have 'raw devices' on Linux. > > I believe that on Linux 2.2 you had to use a patch from SGI or RedHat > for the raw device support. > > Is this in kernel 2.4.1 still an issue ? Is anyone running IDS 9.21 with > raw devices on Linux kernel 2.4.1 ? > > Thanks! > david.
David Stes <stes@pandora.be> writes: > I've upgraded my machine to kernel 2.4.1 and I wonder whether I could > now have 'raw devices' on Linux. Yes. And you could have raw devices on 2.2.16 if you used RedHat Linux 7.0. > I believe that on Linux 2.2 you had to use a patch from SGI or RedHat > for the raw device support. > Is this in kernel 2.4.1 still an issue ? Is anyone running IDS 9.21 with > raw devices on Linux kernel 2.4.1 ? I think the issue with 2.4 kernels is a shared memory bug. Check the kernel mailing list archive for more info. -- Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412 Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> Phone: (760) 499-9142 President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152 My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B
Yes , I have succeeded Using raw device on Redhat 7.0 . because many engineers says Redhat 7.0 is not stable , they recommend Using Redhat 6.2 . thus, I upgrade kernel 2.4 from kernel2.2.16(Redhat6.2) . of course , i read shared memory bug in kernel archive. at kernel 2.2.16 and kernel 2.4 many many trials and errors , shared memory allocation to informix , now I allocate about 2Gbytes shared memory to INFORMIX . till now i have no problem on this setting. but need to do more and more tests about this setting's satblity . "Ronald Cole" <ronald@forte-intl.com> wrote in message news:m38zngn137.fsf@yakisoba.forte-intl.com... > David Stes <stes@pandora.be> writes: > > I've upgraded my machine to kernel 2.4.1 and I wonder whether I could > > now have 'raw devices' on Linux. > > Yes. And you could have raw devices on 2.2.16 if you used RedHat > Linux 7.0. > > > I believe that on Linux 2.2 you had to use a patch from SGI or RedHat > > for the raw device support. > > Is this in kernel 2.4.1 still an issue ? Is anyone running IDS 9.21 with > > raw devices on Linux kernel 2.4.1 ? > > I think the issue with 2.4 kernels is a shared memory bug. Check the > kernel mailing list archive for more info. > > -- > Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412 > Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> Phone: (760) 499-9142 > President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152 > My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B
Hi, There are no errors in the shared memory subsystem on 2.4.1 ( only in 2.4.0 ), so you can to use raw device with 2.4.1 without any trouble. Good luck. Sergey. In article <3A82F5B9.B6381555@pandora.be>, David Stes <stes@pandora.be> wrote: > > Hi, > > I've upgraded my machine to kernel 2.4.1 and I wonder whether I could > now have 'raw devices' on Linux. > > I believe that on Linux 2.2 you had to use a patch from SGI or RedHat > for the raw device support. > > Is this in kernel 2.4.1 still an issue ? Is anyone running IDS 9.21 with > raw devices on Linux kernel 2.4.1 ? > > Thanks! > david. > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/