Re: IDS 7.3 on SCO

Larry Benoit <lbenoit@maine.rr.com> wrote: >First, be sure to read the SCO specific release notes in the informix >installation directory (e.g. /usr/informix/release). You will have to modify the >shared memory kernel parameters for your SCO OS. Assuming you are running >version 5.0.5 or 5.0.4 use the ScoAdmin Kernel Configuration manager and >increase the value of SHMMAX to an amount greater than the shared memory >required to run your Informix engine.The default value is only 1/2 MB. If you >expect to allocate a very large amount of shared memory, you will also have to >increase MAXUMEM, which I believe is a multiple of OS page size (2 or 4K >increments). Remember the kernel should only be modified in single user mode and >a kernel rebuild/reboot will be necessary. > >Fidelity Soft nv wrote: > >> Hi there!! >> >> I'm trying to install the Informix Dynamic Server Workgroup edition on a SCO >> machine. >> The unpacking of the product has succeeded but when executing oninit he >> reclams something about the shared memory. >> >> Has anybody experience in installing Informix on SCO? and if so, can anybody >> give me some advice about eventual parameters to check. >> >> Thanks, >> >> A desperate informix user. >> Danny De Koster Another documented gotcha is the creation of /INFORMIXTMP dir with informix:informix 660 perms.