Informix7.1 OnLine on Linux

-------------------------------- I have been trying to run Informix 7.1 OnLine (SCO binary) on Linux 1.2.13 (ELF). Briefly, to make it work I had to: 1) add "localization" files (a thing that appeared in SCO 5), i.e. /etc/default/lang and a bunch of files that go into /usr/lib/lang/C/C/C/....) 2) Manualy create the sysmaster database in root dbspace - "oninit -i", after correctly initializing shared memory and disc space, fails with sth like "cannot build/check sysmaster database". From my other experiments (I transferred a correctly initialized root dbspace from an SCO machine, and the dadabase on Linux began to work), I concluded that the failure may be teh result of some secondary checks made by the script. So I re-created the sysmaster: a) created a new dbspace; b) run "oninit -i" - everything initialized, sysmaster creation fails; c) run portions of /etc/buildsmi (if I remember correctly) from command line "dbaccess -e - Name.Of.File >ERROR.LOG 2>&1" d) manually checked the log for errors - there were none. My QUESTION is: Does full initialization/creation of a new Informix installation end with this, or are there any more steps I may be missing? I am new to Informix and would like just to make sure. I checked only the most basic functionality, i.e. creation of another dbspace, then a database in it, and a couple of tables - looked allright. Any tips/info would be greatly appreciated. Anyone who needs more details about the above please write to me. P.S. The only way Linux 1.2.13 + latest iBCS work with Informix 7.1 is via shared memory. There were some indications that TCP/IP sockets and TLI emulation may become functional with later kernels - I am going to upgrade and find out. Michael fryazino@crl.com