sybase 11.9.2 on freebsd 4.9

[Anthony Schneider]

can you maybe check the log file (should be something like SERVER.log)
inside the install directory and post any relevant errors?

-Anthony.

On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 12:50:13PM -0800, Ken Ulc wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> Has anyone successfully installed sybase 11.9.2 on
> Freebsd 4.9 using the linux emulation.  I know 12.5 is
> out, but I'm interested 11.9.2 becuase of hardware
> limitations.  (old machine--see below).  I'm new to
> Freebsd and I just want to install various software to
> sharpen my db skills.  Starting with Sybase then
> moving onto Oracle, MySQL, etc.  We currently run
> sybase 11.9.2 on solaris at work.  I'm fairly
> knowledgeable with Sybase and Solaris.
> 
> Steps Taken for sybase
> 1)rpm -ivh --nodeps --ignoreos the_various_sybase.rpms
> 
> installed itself into directory
> /usr/compat/linux/opt/sybase-11.9.2
> 2)  I created a sybase user and group
> 3)  sybase .profile --> export
> $SYBASE=/usr/compat/linux/opt/sybase-11.9.2
> 5)  export PATH=$SYBASE:$PATH
> 6)  chmod directory sybase:sybase
> 7)  brandelf -t Linux $SYBASE/bin/*
>       brandelf -t Linux $SYBASE/install/*
> 
> 8)  adjusted kernel shared memory values
> options         SHMMAX=(SHMMAXPGS*PAGE_SIZE+1)
> options         SHMMAXPGS=20480         # 80Mb of
> sharable memory
> options         SHMMNI=4096
> options         SHMSEG=1024
> options         SEMMSL=1024
> 
> 6)  Recompiled kernel as root
> 7)  Run srvbuild as sybase
> 
> I am able to get to the point of building the servers,
> but the dataserver will not build.  I have seen other
> people messages with this problem, but no answer
> Error
>     Building master Device ... Master Device Complete.
>     Writing entry into directory services ...Directory
> services complete.
>     Writing RUN_SERVER file ... RUN_SERVER file
> complete
>     Starting server ...Task failed
>     Server XXXXXX was not created.
> 
> XXXX.cfg was not created.  The back, mon and xp
> servers do seem to build.
> 
> Any ideas.  Thanks much.
> 
> Old, Old Learning machine
> Quantex - believe it or not.
> MMX 200
> 128 Mb
> 20 Gig maxtor
> 
> 
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