Error when trying to Create a Database

Hi On Informix 7.x and SCO OpenServer 5.x. I get the following message when trying to do a dbimport: *** create database 225 - Cannot create file for system catalog (systables). 102 - ISAM error: illegal argument to ISAM function. I am also not able to create a new database manually. In my online.log file, I get: 16:16:53 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 1 seconds. 16:42:25 I/O read chunk 6, pagenum 500302, pagecnt 1 --> errno = 5 16:42:28 I/O read chunk 6, pagenum 500302, pagecnt 1 --> errno = 5 Looks like a Operating System / Hardware problem. Any other suggestions? Thanks David sending to informix-list

Hello David, sounds like you have a i/o problem on chunk 6 ; replace disk and restore.. onstat -d and look for chunk 6 it probably has flags PD; if so restore time... do a dd if=<chunk6> of=/dev/null you probably get errno 5. Superboer. David Reed schreef: > Hi > > On Informix 7.x and SCO OpenServer 5.x. I get the following message when > trying to do a dbimport: > *** create database > 225 - Cannot create file for system catalog (systables). > 102 - ISAM error: illegal argument to ISAM function. > > I am also not able to create a new database manually. > > In my online.log file, I get: > 16:16:53 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 1 seconds. > 16:42:25 I/O read chunk 6, pagenum 500302, pagecnt 1 --> errno = 5 > 16:42:28 I/O read chunk 6, pagenum 500302, pagecnt 1 --> errno = 5> > > Looks like a Operating System / Hardware problem. Any other suggestions? > > Thanks > David > > sending to informix-list