Re: unable to start up informix

Hi Ralph, Set the backup device for logical logs to "NUL" and restart the Informix server. If this doesn't work with your "Backup & Restore window" try to make it by hand as follows: 1. go to "%INFORMIXDIR%\\etc" (the environment variable INFORMIXDIR is set to the directory where Informix is installed) 2. Edit the file "onconfig" there 3. Change the LTAPEDEV parameter to NUL 4. Save the "onconfig" file a restart the database Hope this helps - if not contact me again Uwe Feuerstein Ralph A. Fernandes wrote: > > I have installed informix 7.12 TC3 on a windows NT3.51 platform. When I > try to start up online, I get the following message after a few minutes: > "The database server timed out before changing the mode. Try changing > the mode again". > > I also have the alert: "Logical logs are full". > > When I try to back-up the logical logs from the Backup & Restore window, > the backup process never terminates. > > I set the backup device to 'none' for the logical logs, and rebooted. I > still get the same message when I try to start up online. > > This problem started only after the 'logical logs are full' alert.