"12.5" could be very old if it is really 12.5.0 and not something newer like 12.5.4. That being said, you may be running on a very old piece of hardware that is not fully supported by the version of the O/S you are running.
Exactly which flavor and version of Linux are you running? Be aware, that only the "enterprise" or "Advanced Server" version of Red Hat and Suse are supported. The consumer-grade fedora and desktop versions of SUSE are simply not going to work for you.
If you want to use a free version of Linux that is pseudo supported for Sybase, I would suggest CentOS. It is the true open source build of Red Hat AS that has been debranded and had the few Red Hat proprietary extensions (you will never miss them) removed. The version numbers track those of Red Hat so that CentOS 5.2 is Red Hat AS 5 Update 2.
You may actually have a combination of both problems; old chip set and unsupported O/S. In some cases, the supported version of the O/S will make allowances for old chip sets that lack certain features; something the consumer grade distros are much less likely to bother with.
Regards,
Bill
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by: IncisiveOnePosted on 2009-07-02 at 06:59:36ID: 24763369
Did you make sure you downloaded the exact correct binary for your flavour of Linux:
You can find out (even though you have not built the server yet), in the /bin directory:
Of course, for many reasons, it is much better to install the new server on another box, but there is no problem building a new server without shutting down the existing server, as long as you are not trying to replace the old one in place. That means:
- use a separate directory tree
- separate master device
- separate data devices
- different ports for ASE, backup, xp, etc
- you have only one set of the variables ($SYBASE, etc) active per user
Cheers