Re: Bad Primary Chunk

Hi, if the copy of your chunk is consistent, I'm sure the Informix Support will set your new chunk to "O"nline. It's worth the trial. But I think it's not a good idea to post the information in the NG, how to switch a Down chunk back to Online. Bye Stefan Weideneder art_pong@hotmail.com wrote: > > Unfortunately the disk with my Informix database went bad. It is an older > copy of Informix (V5?) running on a SunOS 4.1.4 machine with the data stored > on a raw partition (not mirrored). My last backup is a little out of date. > I was wondering if it's possible to recover the data. I used 'dd' to try > and transfer data from the raw partition to another disk, which seemed to > work (it had several retryable errors, but it went through). Informix still > reports an error on the new raw partition. > > Is the data gone, or is there some hope of reactivating/repairing the chunk? > > Any consultants that specialize in this kind of thing? > > Please reply via email. Thanks! > > -Art > > art_pong@hotmail.com > > -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- > http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum