Re: Help: Create raw devices

In article <7a0rtc$i7q$1@pthp35.telecom.pt>, Nuno Brito <nuno_brito@hotmail.com> wrote: >Hi, > >Does any one knows how can I create a raw device for a Informix 7.30 chunk, >in RedHat 5.2 ? > >TIA Red Hat 5.2 does not support raw devices. (Maybe 6.0 will; I'm awaiting the beta copy... if anybody knows for sure if 6.0 will or if the 2.2.X kernel extension packages to 5.2 do, please drop me some email.) -- Alan Denney yosemiteATaccesscom.com Not a spokesman for Yosemite Botanical Munitions Inc. or Access Compost Supply.

It's not an issue of a particular distribution release, but a kernel release (you can upgrase a kernel without upgradind a distribution). I am under the (very possibly incorrect) impression that kernel 2.2.1 supports raw devices. Someone with more time than I can research this at www.kernel.org. The next question is if IDS will run on the newer kernel (theoretically it should, but...). ;-{> On 2 Mar 1999 18:10:02 -0600, yosemite@accesscom.com (Scott) wrote: >>Does any one knows how can I create a raw device for a Informix 7.30 chunk, >>in RedHat 5.2 ? >>TIA >Red Hat 5.2 does not support raw devices. (Maybe 6.0 will; I'm awaiting >the beta copy... if anybody knows for sure if 6.0 will or if the 2.2.X kernel >extension packages to 5.2 do, please drop me some email.) >Alan Denney yosemiteATaccesscom.com