Re: On line help

} } Naomi Walker (naomi@anasazi.com) wrote: } : Well, you wont like it, i'm afraid. Once the root chunk is marked down, } : you have to reinitialize and get out your archives. Or, if you are in an } : old version of informix (4.1 or older, I think), you may set the mirror } : flag to yes, to bring up the engine, if what you had was a write failure. } : Its an odd trick, that is not available in the newer releases, but it works } : when you are in real trouble. } } } You may be able to get help through Informix Support. They have two programs } called tbdump and tbpatch that allow them to mark a chunk up if it has been } marked as down. If you're covered by support, they can (after getting } appropriate legal releases) call into your system and probably fix it. I'm The legal process can take quite a while. I suggest that people who anticipate this situation in the future, get the paperwork done now. Mikea