SUMMARY: ddr invalid header

From: Alan Angulo <alan_at_esu.edu>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 11:00:24 -0500 (EST)

Original Question was:
> I was forced to install the latest patches for du4.0 by firware V5.0 due
> to the KZPSA module upgrade to A11.
> After installing the patch I get the following messages at boot time:
> DDR - Unable to access device information database for GLOBALS
> DDR - Invalid database header
> The system switches to a "default" database and goes into multiuser
> without further problems.
> ddr_config -c and rebooting does not fix the problem.
> As recommended by the patch, I made a backup of /etc/ddr.db and
> /etc/ddr.dbase. I restored the database and recompiled it to no avail.
> Any advise will be greatly appreciated

I only got one reply from Mark Ray who suggested to:
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"Become root and just "touch" your ddr.dbase file; that ought to clear
things up. What you're experiencing isn't a problem, per se, for some
reason, after upgrades, this database doesn't get updated."

Unfortunately I couldn't test this. I went unpatched to 4.0b during the
weekend.

Thanks Mark.


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