IDS on Slackware Linux

One of our clients has bought IDS 9.40 for Linux, and is trying to install it on Slackware 9.1. They are having installation and running problems, but are being told by IBM Tech Support UK that they won't help as Slackware is not on the new list of supported versions as at http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/informix/linux/ids.html. This could well be true, but do they have a realistic chance of getting it to work on Slackware anyway? Or, as per the thread last week, are the only viable options now SuSE, RH and United? thanks -- Neil Truby t:01932 724027 Director m:07798 811708 Ardenta Limited e:neil.truby@ardenta.com

The only problem (!) I've had with installing Informix in Slackware 9.1 was the distribution; i.e., RPMs or CPIOs that I couldn't strip apart conveniently. With RPMs I use Slackware's rpm2tgz utility to convert to something usable. With CPIOs I found that taking them apart on a Solaris machine was the best way (for some reason IBMs CPIO files aren't recoverable on a non-System V system in my experience). Now, I realize that fooling around with Solaris may not be the wisest, but it did the job for me where the GNU cpio program wouldn't -- maybe somebody else has had better luck with that that I. Neil Truby wrote: >One of our clients has bought IDS 9.40 for Linux, and is trying to install >it on Slackware 9.1. They are having installation and running problems, but >are being told by IBM Tech Support UK that they won't help as Slackware is >not on the new list of supported versions as at >http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/informix/linux/ids.html. > >This could well be true, but do they have a realistic chance of getting it >to work on Slackware anyway? Or, as per the thread last week, are the only >viable options now SuSE, RH and United? > >thanks > >