Re: Can't start IDS 7.3 for Linux

From: "Mark D. Stock" <mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk> > >Damijan Sencar wrote: > > > > "Mark D. Stock" wrote: > > > > > > Damijan Sencar wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > I found one bug in installation guide. Step with "create INFORMIXTMP > > > > directory" is missing. You probably didn't create INFORMIXTMP >directory. > > > > > > You should not be creating the /INFORMIXTMP directory manually. So the > > > manual is right. ;-) > > > > > > > Well, I didn't create it in first try. But then installation procedure > > fails. Later I tried to find out what was wrong. > > When I created /INFORMIXTMP manually I installation procedure went o.k. > > But of course, manual is always right 8-) > >The manual is not ALWAYS right, but in your case it was. I guess you had >a problem with the create or perhaps permissions. I've noticed on a number of platforms that /INFORMIXTMP doesn't always get created (quite frequently on Sun, for example) -- quite puzzling. (And yes, Mark, I did remember to run the install as root. :-) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com