Re: What is the Installation procedure of Informix?

Jonathan Leffler wrote: > > sfpo@wanadoo.fr wrote: > > I am looking for an installation procedure of Informix ver 1.10 or > > 2.10 for Xenix. > > I have the diskettes, the key, but I haven't the procedure. > > Talk about golden oldies... > > Basically the same procedure as for any version up to and including > 7.2x: > > * create group informix > * create user informix > * as root, extract data from media into chosen $INFORMIXDIR > * set $INFORMIXDIR > * run installsql (2.10) or install4gl (probably 1.10) > > Note that you will install what is now known as SE each time. > You will need to find the correct extract command (probably tar) > and possibly the correct options (tar -xvfb /dev/rfd0 2 might be > right, but probably isn't -- the device name is suspect). I think > they are multi-volume tar files, but the system will prompt you to > insert each one in turn and hit return. > > -- > Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com, jleffler@earthlink.net) > Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.60 -- see http://www.perl.com/CPAN > #include <disclaimer.h> I think cpio may have been used, I have had it on all SCO products so far as I remember. The command would be something like cpio -icvdBum </dev/rfd0135ds18 Also from memory, Xenix has a dtype (disk type) command, which should help to distinguish cpio and tar. -- Peter Lancashire Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 --- If all else fails, read the instructions AND the release notes. All opinions are my own and not those of Bayer plc. My Internet plumbing does not allow me to mail and post news together. Sorry. --- Join Infuse, the UK Informix User Group at http://www.infuse.org.uk/