RE: Initialization-Error

The most important thing is they are not in /dev. After that its personal choice based on experience and your personal preference, I like a /chunks directory. Paul Watson # WF Software Ltd # You are only young once Tel: +44 1436 674729 # but you can be immature Fax: +44 1436 678693 # forever www.wfsoftware.com # > -----Original Message----- > From: David Williams [mailto:djw@smooth1.demon.co.uk] > > In article <39467458.46481616@bloomberg.net>, Art S. Kagel > <kagel@bloomberg.net> writes > >BTW: It is a bad idea to create cooked filesystem files in > /dev. I STRONGLY > >suggest that you create a directory under the informix home > directory, say > > > > Urrgh! *** Slap ** no! > > For some people this will be the same place as informix in > installed. > I always keep it separate in case you decide to upgrade informix. > > Also what happens it you decide to move people home directory. E.g. > start using the Sun automounter for them?? > > I normally keep it under the directory for the application E.g. > > /myapp/devices > > > >/usr/informix/disks, place the rootdbs file there, and > modify the ONCONFIG > >file to ROOTDBS /usr/informix/disks/rootdbs. Reserve /dev > for device driver > >files. > > > >Art S. Kagel > > > > -- > David Williams > The contents of this e-mail are confidential to the ordinary user(s) of the mail address(es) to which it was sent and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of it, or any part of it, in any form whatsoever, and any actions taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful.