Re: Problem with raw devices on IRIX 6.2

In article <69fk9k$j1j@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Mladen Jovanovski <mladen@ultra.com.mk> writes >Hi Family, > >I have reached a strange problem performing a fresh installation >on the following platform: > >Challenge LX with IRIX 6.2 >OnLine Dynamic Server 7.22 > >I can't bring ODS online on raw devices. It doesn't matter if disk >partitions are created as type xfs, efs or raw. > Check your release notes $INFORMIXDIR/release/en_us()/0333/SERVER_7.2 I expect Kernel Asyncronous I/O(KAIO) is either not supported on your platform or you need to install it/set it up in IRIX. Possibly you may need to set KAIOOFF=1;export KAIOOFF in your environment before starting Online.. This disables Online's use of KAIO. >Message in online.log is short and confusing: > >Tue Jan 13 09:02:44 1998 > >09:02:44 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/usr/informix/log_full.sh' > >09:02:45 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) >09:02:46 kaio.c, line 994, thread 11, proc id 720, kaiothread() ERROR. >09:02:46 PANIC: Attempting to bring system down Looks like KAIO is not working. > >In the same time, I can bring it online on cooked files from filesystems > >mounted over the same devices !!!??? > >Any idea? > >Mladen > >-- >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mladen Jovanovski E-mail: mladen@ultra.com.mk > ULTRA Computing, Ltd. Phone/Fax: +389 91 36 26 36 > Partizanski odredi 70b > P.O.Box 798 > 91000 Skopje > Macedonia, Europe >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care