Re: Problem initializing engine with raw device for "phydbs"...

Thanks for your help. However, I was able to resolve my problem. I was specifying the name of the link "/dev/physdbs" to the raw device instead of to the dbspace "physdbs" in onconfig file. Sorry to bother you!! D.W. ----- Original Message ----- From: William Rice <ricew@operamail.com> To: Denmark Weatherburn <dweatherb@btl.net>; Informix Users Group <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 2:38 PM Subject: RE: Problem initializing engine with raw device for "phydbs"... > As far as I know, you must create the physical database space > in rootdbs during initialization, create your physical log dbspace > after initialization, then move (and resize) your physical log to the > dbspace you just recreated. > > I would love to hear of a way to do it on initialization of the database, > take one step off of my new box set up :) > > Will > >===== Original Message From "Denmark Weatherburn" <dweatherb@btl.net> ===== > >Hi Listers, > > > >IDS won't recognize the raw device that I created for the PHYSDBS. > >It will only initialize if I specify that the PHYSDBS be placed in the > >rootdbs. > > > >I'll attach the appropriate configuration files. > >The platform is Solaris 2.5.1. > >The IDS version is 7.30.UC3 > > > >Thanks in advance, > > > >Denmark W. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > This e-mail has been sent to you courtesy of OperaMail, as a free service from > Opera Software, makers of the award-winning Web Browser, Opera. Visit us at > http://www.opera.com/ or our portal at: http://www.myopera.com/ Your free e-mail > account is waiting at: http://www.operamail.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------ > >