Re: Can not install IDS7.30TC9 successfully as stand alone on NT4

In article <904m3m$ih0$1@news.xmission.com>, Bryce Stenberg <bryce@hrnz.co.nz> wrote: Hi Bryce. Sorry my poor English(I am Japanese.) I also have done a similar experience. The solution inserted NIC(Network Interface Card). IDS for NT thinks that [it] supports only TCP/IP connection probably. > > Hi All, > > I have a problem with an NT4 (sp4) server. It use to run IDS7.30TC9 as our > production server on our domain. It has now been retired. > > I am trying to set it up as a demonstration machine to take to the U.S. this > Sunday but I can not get Informix server to install successfully as a stand > alone server (ie. no domain). > > I've totally removed the previous Informix installation - including the > common registry keys that always get left behind - and deleted all related > directories. I've also removed the existing local 'Informix' user account > and the local 'admin-admin' group. > I boot up locally with no networking logging on as the local administrator. > I install Informix - 'Server' only. (the server instance is to be called > 'dbServerHRNZ') > > It proceeds happily until it tries to initialise the server where it spits > the dummy and says: > "INSTALLATION MESSAGE - Unable to initialize the Dynamic Server. Check Event > Viewer's Security Log and d:\\informix\\dbServerHRNZ.log file for additional > information. > > The event viewer has two related messages in the security log: > 1) Source: OnLine Type: Error > dbServerHRNZ: Internal Subsystem failure: 'MT' Attempting to bring > listener thread down. > 2) Source: OnLine Type: Information > dbServerHRNZ: PANIC: Attempting to bring system down. > > The Informix server log has this: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Thu Nov 30 16:53:52 2000 > 16:53:52 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) > 16:53:58 Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.TC9 Software SerialNumber > AAC#Jxxxxxx > 16:53:58 listener-thread: err = -25572: oserr = 2: errstr = :Network > driver cannot bind a name to the port. > System error = 2. > 16:53:58 Attempting to bring listener thread down > > 16:53:58 PANIC: Attempting to bring system down > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<> > So, please, does anyone have any ideas what may be going wrong? I'd > appreciate any suggestions. Time is rapidly running out for me to have this > up and running. I'm guessing it is something to do with having been > previously installed on the domain but I can not find any references left > anywhere that point to the domain. It installs as a 'local' server when > going through the installation screens. > > Regards, > Bryce Stenberg. > Harness Racing New Zealand computer department, > emailto:bryce@hrnz.co.nz > Phone: +64 3 3385099 > > CAUTION: This email message and accompanying data may contain information > that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you are not the > intended recipient you are notified that any use, dissemination, > distribution or copying of this message or data is prohibited. If you have > received this email message in error please notify us immediately and erase > all copies of the message and attachments. > ALSO, unless expressly stated otherwise, the contents of this message > represent only the views of the sender as expressed only to the intended > recipient, do not commit Harness Racing New Zealand (HRNZ) to any course of > action and are not intended to impose any legal obligation upon HRNZ. > > -- Tsutomu Ogiwara from Japan. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.