Original Question:
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> From: Susan Rodriguez
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 1997 2:44 PM
> To: 'OSF Managers'
> Subject: [Q] - Invalid database header
>
> Managers,
>
> I have DU4.0b newly installed on my Alpha 4100 5/400 (yes - jumbo
> patch #4 is on). The following error message appears during system
> startup (captured from "uerf -R full"):
>
>
> DDR: Invalid Database Header
> DDR: Unable to access Device_information Database for GLOBALS
>
>
> I believe this is referring to the /etc/ddr.dbase file which is
> supposed to be a newer and better cam_data.c file.
>
> Does anyone know what this error message means?
>
> TIA,
>
> Susan Rodriguez
> susrod_at_hbsi.com
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RESOLUTION:
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Apparently, there is a patch in Jumbo patch #4 that "fixes" some
problems with ddr_config. ddr_config is a relatively new utility for
configuring the ddr.db which replaces the old cam_data.c file. The
patch addresses two problems with ddr_config, the first having to do
with incomplete entries for some SCSI devices, and the second having to
do with handling the old cam_data.c file. The jumbo patch documentation
details the problem
I re-installed my system after posting this messages. I did not get any
DDR errors until AFTER I put on the jumbo patch. So I backed out of
just the do_config patch and the errors went away. My best guess right
now is that the compiled /bin/do_config that the patch puts on is not
compiling the ddr.db file correctly.
Removal of the do_config patch makes the error messages go away. I wish
I was certain that lack of error messages meant no problem exists. HA!
All of my SCSI devices are showing up correctly from the firmware and
from the OS, and I can mount my RRD45 and RZ29B's to local filesystem
mounts. Those who responded thought that kernel rebuid would solve the
problem. However, this seems to BE my only real problem - can't get a
new kernel to build. I'll be posting that one separately (call is in to
DEC) - keeping in mind that they may be related.
Thanks to quick responses from:
Randy Hayman
Matthias Reichling
Pluggin' away,
susrod_at_hbsi.com
Received on Tue Sep 23 1997 - 22:55:41 NZST