Re: ER problem 9.3.UC2 / linux

"Tisha Shirah" <lshirah@simplified-nospam.com> wrote in message news:<PJDQa.481$_m.191@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com>... > Madison and Ben, > > Thanx for the help. I ended up removing the raw devices and creating cooked > chunks for the logical logs and replication started fine. So is it a bug in > the linux kernel or Informix? > > ~Tisha > > "Ben Thompson" <ben@nomonitorsoftspamthanks.com> wrote in message > news:3f12a8f3$1@news.userve.net... > > My line manager has been doing some experiments with ER on Linux and > > this may be the problem he experienced. He logged a case with IBM > > Informix technical support on this issue. Their response is that there > > is an issue with raw IO and logical logs on Linux. Using cooked files > > for the logical logs works around the problem. From memory we have been > > told the bug will be fixed in 9.40.UC2. > > > > Ben. > > > > Hi Tisha, The problem is that new Linux system require a specific buffer address aligment which was coded in the IDS 9.40.UC2 version. When you update to this version then you can use raw devices again. Sandor