Re: Q: Informix system logs

>I discovered today my 18.2GB HD died. It contained my rootdb, logiclog >and phylog devices. These devices were referred to in the db system as >links named /dev/informix/rootdb,logiclog, and phylog. In turn, they >linked to /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s*. I repartitioned the disk and the links >still referred to the same c1t1d0s* devices. > >My question is do these devices need to be formatted in any special >way? Since all I did was repartition the drive, these devices available >to the db system are unprocessed to be used with the db. But will the >db care? Or will the db crash when I try to process my first big db >query after this crash? > >FYI: >Solaris 2.6 3/98 >IDS 7.3UC1 >Sun UE3K, 1GB RAM, 9.1GB/18.2GB HDs > If the chunks were defined to the links, the engine will not care. Madison Pruet