Re: OnLine 7.22 Configuration Error
Posted in 1998
Felipe Guacache wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> I am trying to configure an Informix OnLine Dynamic Server version 7.22.UC3
> on an SCO Open Server 5.0.2. The installations works smoothly as it says it
> should in the manual. However, when I get to the configuring part I get the
> following error
>
> $ oninit -i>
> This action will initialize INFORMIX-OnLine;
> any existing INFORMIX-OnLine databases will NOT be accessible -
> Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y
> oninit: Fatal error in shared memory creation
[SNIP]
> I have changed the SHMBASE from 0x82000000L to 0x80000000L as it seems to
> suggest above but still it won't work. I have set all the environment
> variables and modified the template onconfig.std standard file just to point
> to the right ROOTPATH and DBSERVERNAME. I also included the DBSERVERNAME in
> sqlhosts.
Look in the release notes for the recommended value for SHMBASE for
your platform. The release notes file containing SHMBASE is:
$INFORMIXDIR/release/en_us/0333/ONLINE_7.2
read the other files in that directory, especially SERVERS_7.2, for
platform and version specific information.
Art S. Kagel