Re: Can't start IDS 7.3 for Linux

Damijan Sencar wrote: > > "Mark D. Stock" wrote: > > > > Damijan Sencar wrote: > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > I found one bug in installation guide. Step with "create INFORMIXTMP > > > directory" is missing. You probably didn't create INFORMIXTMP directory. > > > > You should not be creating the /INFORMIXTMP directory manually. So the > > manual is right. ;-) > > > > Well, I didn't create it in first try. But then installation procedure > fails. Later I tried to find out what was wrong. > When I created /INFORMIXTMP manually I installation procedure went o.k. > But of course, manual is always right 8-) The manual is not ALWAYS right, but in your case it was. I guess you had a problem with the create or perhaps permissions. Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk |//////// /| | http://www.informix.com http://www.informixhandbook.com |///// / //| | http://www.iiug.org +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |What year 2000 bug? year 2000 bug? |/// / ////| | |year 2000 bug? year 2000 bug? year |// / /////| | |2000 bug? year 2000 bug? year 1900 |/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+