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Re: Branding error while Installing informix on solaris

Posted in 2008

Topics: Installation, Setup & Upgrades, Platform-Specific Issues, Versions, Editions & End-of-Life

ssameer via DBMonster.com — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

I have sun OS 5.10 generic 120012 -14 i86 pc i386 i86 pc it is on x86_64 . Ben Thompson wrote: >> Any chance you have a SPARC version of IDS installing on Intel, or >> vice versa? > >I would agree with this diagnosis. This is where the installation failed >for me when I was installing IDS 10.00.FC2 for IBM Power 5 on Linux on >an x86_64 box; you get quite a long way through before it fails. I of >course needed IDS 10.00.FC2 on Linux for x86_64. > >I think what is causing the confusion here is the version numbering, >which just uses 'F' for 64-bit regardless of platform. Can I make a >suggestion that different letters are used for different platforms >(hardware/OS combination) since only 'U', 'F' and 'H' are used at present? > >Ben. -- Message posted via DBMonster.com http://www.dbmonster.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/informix/200801/1

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ssameer via DBMonster.com — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

the error message as in the log file is (Dec 19, 2007 9:52:19 PM), Install, BrandSDKFiles, err, CUSTOM_BEAN_ERROR_BEGIN /opt/IBM/informix/etc/installc: etc/brand: cannot execute CUSTOM_BEAN_ERROR_END ssameer wrote: >I have sun OS 5.10 generic 120012 -14 i86 pc i386 i86 pc >it is on x86_64 . > >>> Any chance you have a SPARC version of IDS installing on Intel, or >>> vice versa? >[quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> >>Ben. -- Message posted via DBMonster.com http://www.dbmonster.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/informix/200801/1

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Jonathan Leffler — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

ssameer via DBMonster.com wrote: > the error message as in the log file is > > (Dec 19, 2007 9:52:19 PM), Install, BrandSDKFiles, err, > CUSTOM_BEAN_ERROR_BEGIN > /opt/IBM/informix/etc/installc: etc/brand: cannot execute > CUSTOM_BEAN_ERROR_END > > ssameer wrote: >> I have sun OS 5.10 generic 120012 -14 i86 pc i386 i86 pc >> it is on x86_64 . >> >>>> Any chance you have a SPARC version of IDS installing on Intel, or >>>> vice versa? What output do you get when you run (from the command line): file /opt/IBM/informix/etc/brand If it says 'SPARC', you've got the wrong software. If it says something else, please tell us what. -- Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> Email: jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@us.ibm.com Guardian of DBD::Informix v2007.0914 -- http://dbi.perl.org/ publictimestamp.org/ptb/PTB-2185 tiger160 2008-01-03 15:00:08 8110273B57EE6D53970646B607DC8934F5658CC9

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