06-27-2015
Many thanks for your great advice! I truly appreciate it.
..
One thing I would value your response to the following potential question which I may be asked:
- The process of upgrading from 7.1.1 to 7.1.4 is well documented
- Many companies across the world would have followed this process
- And presumably their data file systems did not get over-written or recreated (albeit they probably had a backup!)
- Why do you think that this is such high-risk in this case?
Not that I doubt your advice but just that I will most probably get asked this question by my client when I ask them to acquire a new disk
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. Programming
dear all ,
iam trying to compile a progam using gcc compiler on a sun 280 R machine running solaris 9 .
iam getting an error in the last step when the compiler tries to link the objects , although the compiler executes some applicarions that contains no objects smoothly,
the error that... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ppass
1 Replies
2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi
i have both Linux and Windows XP on my PC.
i used to use grub as a boot loader and everything was perfect, until
i reinstalled Windows.
apparently, Windows installer installed its own bootloader, that
doesn't recognize Linux.
i tried using a tool called GrubInstaller for Windows, and now... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: shx2
4 Replies
3. Programming
Hi,
I just pulled out my code from source control, then I compiled, the compilation is successful at that time.
Then I modified one of the source file, Then I compiled, I got the following error
ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to ../../CM/bin/cato
Before... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: sarwan
1 Replies
4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
zero experience Unix user here. Cannot boot our Sparc10.
Running:
SunOS release 5.3 Version Generic_Patch
message says:
(Can't load swapgeneric)
Program terminated
Tried to 'boot -s' , but this looks like a problem w/ Generic_Patch maybe?
At bootup, the devices come up fine and it... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: man_of_action
0 Replies
5. Solaris
I modified the partitions on my Solaris 10 disk using format command in "boot cdrom -s" mode and then tried rebooting with "reboot". It said "Boot load failed".
Why does this happen?
I have faced this error before:( and I went in for a fresh installation of the OS.Can anyone tell me the reason as... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: lydiaEd
1 Replies
6. SCO
hi
SCO Unix 5.0.6 doesn't boot due to this problem:
not a directory
boot not found
cannot open
stage 1 boot failure: error loading hd (40)/boot
Knows someone howto solve it? (16 Replies)
Discussion started by: ccc
16 Replies
7. Solaris
This is the error message that I am getting on a Solaris 10 sparc server
scsi: no major number
cannot load drivers for /pci@400.....
Can't load the root filesystem
Type 'go' to resume
{0} ok
Is there a way for me to correct this issue. It looks like I am missing a scsi driver to boot up... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: trinityforce
5 Replies
8. Solaris
Dear all,
I Need your help,my server v240 with sun solaris 10 can't remote login.I try conncet via rsc and then go to OK prom....and i get the status :
{1} ok boot -a
FATAL: system is not bootable, boot command is disabled
{1} ok boot cdrom -s
FATAL: system is not bootable, boot command is... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: fredginting
2 Replies
9. Solaris
I have M10-1. Installation OS 10 from cdrom external.
Here message from OK Prompt
{0} ok probe-scsi-all
/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@2/pci@0/usb@4,1/cdrom@1
Unit 0 Removable Read Only device HL-DT-STDVDRAM GP65NB60 PF00
But..
{0} ok boot... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: mbahjiman
3 Replies
10. What is on Your Mind?
Today, I noticed some errors in our SSL cert renewal log files, mostly related to domains where the IP address had changed. Concerned about this, rebuilt out SSL cert, which normally goes well without a hiccup.
However, for today, for some reason which I cannot explain, there was a PHP error... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: Neo
0 Replies
LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
posix_fadvise
posix_fadvise(3C) Standard C Library Functions posix_fadvise(3C)
NAME
posix_fadvise - file advisory information
SYNOPSIS
#include <fcntl.h>
int posix_fadvise(int fd, off_t offset, off_t len, int advice);
DESCRIPTION
The posix_fadvise() function advises the system on the expected behavior of the application with respect to the data in the file associated
with the open file descriptor, fd, starting at offset and continuing for len bytes. The specified range need not currently exist in the
file. If len is zero, all data following offset is specified. The system may use this information to optimize handling of the specified
data. The posix_fadvise() function has no effect on the semantics of other operations on the specified data, although it may affect the
performance of other operations.
The advice to be applied to the data is specified by the advice parameter and may be one of the following values:
POSIX_FADV_NORMAL Specifies that the application has no advice to give on its behavior with respect to the specified data. It is the
default characteristic if no advice is given for an open file.
POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL Specifies that the application expects to access the specified data sequentially from lower offsets to higher off-
sets.
POSIX_FADV_RANDOM Specifies that the application expects to access the specified data in a random order.
POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED Specifies that the application expects to access the specified data in the near future.
POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED Specifies that the application expects that it will not access the specified data in the near future.
POSIX_FADV_NOREUSE Specifies that the application expects to access the specified data once and then not reuse it thereafter.
These values are defined in <fcntl.h>
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, posix_fadvise() returns zero. Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The posix_fadvise() function will fail if:
EBADF The fd argument is not a valid file descriptor.
EINVAL The value of advice is invalid, or the value of len is less than zero.
ESPIPE The fd argument is associated with a pipe or FIFO.
USAGE
The posix_fadvise() function has a transitional interface for 64-bit file offsets. See lf64(5).
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Committed |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |MT-Safe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Standard |See standards(5). |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
posix_madvise(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)
SunOS 5.11 14 Jul 2008 posix_fadvise(3C)