Re: Bringing up Online on NCR- MP RAS

Infodata wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: David Kosenko <dkosenko@monmouth.com> > To: informix-list@iiug.org <informix-list@iiug.org> > Date: Sunday, June 14, 1998 2:16 PM > Subject: Re: Bringing up Online on NCR- MP RAS > > >Also sprach "Infodata" <infodata@batelco.com.bh> : > >:14:33:55 I/O error 'read': expect 2048 actual -1 addr 0x0 errno 6 retrys 0 > >:14:33:55 I/O error 'read': expect 2048 actual -1 addr 0x0 errno 6 retrys 1 > >:14:33:55 I/O error , Primary Chunk '/dev/rdsk/rootdbs' -- Offline > >:14:33:55 I/O read() chunk 1, pagenum 0, pagecnt 1 --> errno=6 > > > >Error number 6 is "no such device or address". Better check that > >/dev/rdsk/rootdbs actually exists and is a valid partition on your disk (or > is a > >link pointing to a valid partition). > > > > This link does indeed exist and it does point to a valid raw partition. I > have even tried to initialise a cooked file rootdbs instance, but it gives > the same error. > > Would this point to something to do with the kernel? I have tuned the > parameters according to release file and have also tried various other > combinations, going near to the maximum values allowed under MP-RAS, but no > cigar. > > Any feedback is highly appreciated !! > > Cheers, > > Sandeep Have you got all the NCR patches on the kernel, you'll probably needs at least PBASE[A-E], PKERN300 -- Paul Watson # WF Software Ltd #I don't suffer from stress - Tel: +44 1436 674729 #I'm a carrier. Fax: +44 1436 678693 # www.wfsoftware.co.uk #