oninit: Cannot open chunk '/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s6'. errno = 2

When I run oninit (Sparc Sun Solaris 7 en IDS 7.23), I receive this messages: hvbbg-sun:/tmp(31)# oninit oninit: Cannot open chunk '/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s6'. errno = 2 oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization The log file looks like this: Wed Aug 2 09:29:03 2000 09:29:03 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/opt/informix/etc/log_full.sh' 09:29:08 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) 09:29:08 Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC5 Software Serial Number ********* 09:29:10 Assert Failed: chunk failed sanity check 09:29:10 Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC5 09:29:10 Who: Session(1, root@hvbbg-sun, 0, 211795992) Thread(7, main_loop(), c9d4018, 3) File: rspartn.c Line: 7355 09:29:10 Results: Chunk 1 is being taken OFFLINE. 09:29:10 Action: Restore chunk from archive. If this is a temporarydbspace chunk, drop and add the dbspace to enable it. 09:29:10 See Also: /tmp/af.3efcdc6 09:29:11 I/O error, Primary Chunk '/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s6' -- Offline (sanity) What did I do? Well, The db was up and running but without mirroring. So I tried to drop the dbspaces and blobspaces and all the databases. Only rootdbs on the sysmaster db I could'nt drop. So I formatted the drive (using format-utility in Sun). After this format, I receive always the messages described above when doing oninit? Can someone help me with this. I've already installed informix in an other directory and have the rootdbs on another disk. Always the same prob. What does this sanity check mean and how can I get rid of a whole db without problems? Thans in advance Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Congratulations, You have succeeded in getting rid of the database. When you ran the format utility, you wiped out the data that Informix expects to see at the beginning of each chunk when it starts. That is the meaning of the 'sanity check' -- which says, "Hey buddy, this area doesn't look like a chunk to me. Are you crazy or something?" Choices are: 1) Restore the database. 2) Re-initialize the database (with oninit -i). Good Luck. Doug <raf.vanhaute@just.fgov.be> wrote in message news:8m8iuo$a60$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > When I run oninit (Sparc Sun Solaris 7 en IDS 7.23), I receive this > messages: > > hvbbg-sun:/tmp(31)# oninit > oninit: Cannot open chunk '/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s6'. errno = 2 > oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization > > The log file looks like this: > Wed Aug 2 09:29:03 2000 > > 09:29:03 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = > '/opt/informix/etc/log_full.sh' > 09:29:08 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) > 09:29:08 Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC5 Software Serial > Number ********* > 09:29:10 Assert Failed: chunk failed sanity check > > 09:29:10 Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC5 > 09:29:10 Who: Session(1, root@hvbbg-sun, 0, 211795992) > Thread(7, main_loop(), c9d4018, 3) > File: rspartn.c Line: 7355 > 09:29:10 Results: Chunk 1 is being taken OFFLINE. > 09:29:10 Action: Restore chunk from archive. If this is a temporary> dbspace > chunk, drop and add the dbspace to enable it. > 09:29:10 See Also: /tmp/af.3efcdc6 > 09:29:11 I/O error, Primary Chunk '/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s6' -- Offline > (sanity)> > What did I do? Well, > > The db was up and running but without mirroring. So I tried to drop the > dbspaces and blobspaces and all the databases. Only rootdbs on the > sysmaster db I could'nt drop. So I formatted the drive (using > format-utility in Sun). After this format, I receive always the messages > described above when doing oninit? Can someone help me with this. I've > already installed informix in an other directory and have the rootdbs on > another disk. Always the same prob. > > What does this sanity check mean and how can I get rid of a whole db > without problems? > > Thans in advance > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.