Re: Initialization-Error

I think the command you should use is: oninit -i which will initialize the root dbspace. That is of course if this will be the first time that the root dbspace will be initialize. Don Thomas Stainer wrote: > > I'm trying to initialize an Informix 7.30 UC6 instance for testing on an > HP715 workstation (128 MB RAM): > Therefore I've created a cooked device (dd if.... bs... count... > of=rootdbs), set the ownership and rights to informix:informix resp. 660 > and configured all the rest (as it is realised on our HP9000/800 K360/4 > except some kernel parameters adjusted to the smaller platform I wish to > install IDS). > Whenever I type in an "oninit" the systems returns the error message > "Cannot open chunk ..... errno = 2" and the online.log tells me: > > 17:41:00 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = > '/home/informix/etc/log_full.sh' > 17:41:06 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) > 17:41:07 Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC6 Software Serial> Number XXX#123456 > 17:41:07 Assert Failed: chunk failed sanity check > > 17:41:07 Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC6 > 17:41:07 Who: Session(1, user@host, 0, 0) > Thread(7, main_loop(), 0, 1) > File: rspartn.c Line: 6882 > 17:41:07 Results: Chunk 1 is being taken OFFLINE. > 17:41:07 Action: Restore chunk from archive. > 17:41:09 See Also: /usr1/informix/tmp/af.75612 > 17:41:09 I/O error, Primary Chunk '/dev/rootdbs' -- Offline (sanity) > 17:41:10 Informix Dynamic Server Stopped. > 17:41:10 mt_shm_remove: WARNING: may not have removed all/correct> segments > > How can I get the rootdbs online ?!? Has anybody (I'm sure there is) the > slightest idea what to do in such a case? > > thanx for help > thomas > > ------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Stainer - tstainer@styria.com