450 disk problems

Posted in 1998

Maria Wilson — Thu, 04 Jun 1998 08:38:50 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Hi all, > Anyone come across this problem. The article below contains a caveat about > creating database partitions on non-Sun disk drives. Does Informix show the > same behavior as Sybase when writing raw drives? > TIA, Maria ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Path: reznor.larc.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!\\ > howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!128.223.220.30!\\ > logbridge.uoregon.edu!nntp2.dejanews.com!nnrp1.dejanews.com!\\ > not-for-mail > >From: Sean_Gracey@hotmail.com > Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin > Subject: Re: 450 disk problems. > Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 00:42:35 GMT > Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion > Lines: 25 > Message-ID: <6kibts$2td$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> > References: <RoHa1.143$644.2804807@WCG-Reader> > <6kg0d8$1ic$1@camel15.mindspring.com> > NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.237.114.65 > X-Article-Creation-Date: Thu May 28 00:42:35 1998 GMT > X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.04 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.31 i586; Nav) > Xref: reznor.larc.nasa.gov comp.sys.sun.admin:117638 > > Is he running sybase or any other product that accesses raw disk devices ? > Sybase when writting to a partition that contains cylinder 0 will destory a > partition table / disk label. > > In article <6kg0d8$1ic$1@camel15.mindspring.com>, > > > > >zep@wcg.net (Zep) wrote: > > > I have a friend who's running sparc 450(s) with solaris 2.5.1 (almost > > >no patches installed) and he's says partition tables disappear for no > > >apparent reason(!?) If anyone has any similar experiences, or could point > > >me to some resources, I would appreciate it. Many thanks. > > > > > > -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- > http://www.dejanews.com/ Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading > -------------------------------------------------------- Maria L. Wilson 757.766.8265 Computer Sciences Corporation 757.766.2571 fax NASA Langley Research Center m.l.wilson@larc.nasa.gov 3217 North Armistead Ave. http://www.larc.nasa.gov Hampton, Va 23666 -------------------------------------------------------- If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex? -- Art Hoppe --------------------------------------------------------