Re: Online: init problem: chunk timestamp invalid
Posted in 1997
Cosmo Lee wrote:
>
> I'm trying to initialize an Online server for the first time. I've set
> up my raw slices OK, I think.
>
> However, when I try to initialize the server with `onmonitor`, I get the
> following errors written to online.log:
>
> warning: chunk timestamps invalid
>
> I/O error, primary chunk '/dev/rdsk/c0b0t1d0s2' - offline (sanity)
>
> I'm guessing that the second error message would go away if the first
> one was dealt with. Anybody know what that means - invalid timestamp???
>
Sounds like you're trying to initialize the engine without telling it to
initialize.
Rather than use onmonitor, do a "oninit -i". The -i tells it to
initialize the
database, **IF** as you say this is your first time. Don't do it
otherwise, unless
you want to restore from backups.
Vic
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Victor Goldberg
vic@tc.cornell.edu