Errors after migrating from SCO 5.0.5 top Openerver 6

Cesar Baquerizo ces at cescom.com
Fri Jan 18 15:00:04 PST 2008


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> The other way is correct if  /hd1 were just a directory, as it was on the 
> old system.
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> This may not be your only problem. If this doesn't fix it, well, it still 
> needs to be like this so don't undo it, but now look for other possible 
> problems.
> One thing I would do is run setperms, as root, after the filepro user was 
> created on the new system.
> Next I would try to create a new filepro file and try to create a new index 
> in it.
> If that works then I would scrutinize the files you copied, are they 
> actually good copies? I'd scrap the nfs/copy copy of the data and do it with 
> rsync, then run setperms again. I rsync whole filepro trees several times a 
> day every day, between different OS's (linux/sco/freebsd) even, and never 
> have this problem. I also use tar, star, gnu tar, and cpio, sometimes piped 
> through ssh or rsh or netcat, and tapes with backuedge or ctar, and never 
> have this problem with those either. I don't happen to ever use copy or nfs.
>
> Also, since this is osr6, there was a bug just recently fixed mentioned on 
> the com.unix.sco.misc newsgroup that specifically has to do with osr5 
> emulation and record locking. You may want to look at this and contact sco 
> to get this patch:
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.sco.misc/browse_thread/thread/5ce1b7ce18e39539/7bf66b28029ccb0e
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I will try all this...Thanks.  The NFS was a concern, but no errors 
where recorded.  I will try rsync.




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