RE: etc/brand no such file in SQL Linux install

Posted in 1999

Bernstein, Rick — Sun, 18 Apr 1999 14:13:59 -0700 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Previous settings are lost when you login. You need to login as "root" BEFORE you: set INFORMIXDIR to /opt/informix set PATH to include $INFORMIXDIR/bin set stty erase ^h (ie. a ^h backspaces erasing) -----Original Message----- From: ricdelon@cyberbeach.net [mailto:ricdelon@cyberbeach.net] Sent: Saturday, April 17, 1999 06:10 To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: etc/brand no such file in SQL Linux install My system is: Intel Pentium i586, 32MB ram The software is: SQL LINUX 7.20.UD1 (and 4GL LINUX and 4GL RDS LINUX and 4GL ID LINUX) I mount the cdrom /etc/group has the line: informix::150: /etc/passwd has the line: informix:x:150:150:Informix:/home/informix:/bin/bash I set INFORMIXDIR to /opt/informix I set PATH to include $INFORMIXDIR/bin I set stty erase ^h (ie. a ^h backspaces erasing) I log in as root from /opt/informix I run: tar -xvf /mnt/cdrom/sql.tar from /opt/informix I run: ./installsql After succesful serial number and key I get: Installing directory . Installing directory bin etc/install: etc/brand: no such file or directory Installation failed. What to do ? loudelon...