Db2 7.1 installation on Suse Linux 9

[Killer]

Hello.

I am fairly new to linux so bare with me.

I am trying to install Db2 for Workgroups 7.1 on a Suse Linux 9. I
am logged as root (well, su root) and I am calling db2setup (residing
on the CD) form the "/" directory (the exec command line is
/media/cdrom/./db2setup).

I´m getting the following error:

"Internal error: DBI1502E An error was encountered when opening or
reading from file, /tmp/.db2inst.swap."

Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

[Ian Hakes]

Killer wrote:

Hello.

I am fairly new to linux so bare with me.

I am trying to install Db2 for Workgroups 7.1 on a Suse Linux 9. I
am logged as root (well, su root) and I am calling db2setup (residing
on the CD) form the "/" directory (the exec command line is
/media/cdrom/./db2setup).

I´m getting the following error:

"Internal error: DBI1502E An error was encountered when opening or
reading from file, /tmp/.db2inst.swap."

Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

Hi Killer,

What are the permissions on the /tmp directory? Can you create a file in
there from the command line (before launching db2setup)?

Ian

[Dan Scott]

Killer wrote:

Hello.

I am fairly new to linux so bare with me.

I am trying to install Db2 for Workgroups 7.1 on a Suse Linux 9. I
am logged as root (well, su root) and I am calling db2setup (residing
on the CD) form the "/" directory (the exec command line is
/media/cdrom/./db2setup).

I´m getting the following error:

"Internal error: DBI1502E An error was encountered when opening or
reading from file, /tmp/.db2inst.swap."

Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

The DB2 Linux HOWTO troubleshooting section
(http://tldp.org/HOWTO/DB2-HOWTO/db2t...html#tsinstall) says
*
9.1.1. * When I try to run *db2setup*, I get the following error:
DBI1503E An error was encountered when opening or writing to file,
"/tmp/.dbinst.swp".

DB2 issues this error when it can't find the *pdksh* or *ksh* shells.
This has probably occurred because
you did not install the pdksh package for your distribution. See
Section 3 <http://tldp.org/HOWTO/DB2-HOWTO/preplinux.html> for more
details on installing
the *pdksh* package for your Linux distribution.

Note that the HOWTO doesn't cover SuSE Version 9 specifically, but it
does cover DB2 Version 7, so the general information might help you in
your quest.

Dan

[Darin McBride]

Dan Scott wrote:

Killer wrote:

Hello.

I am fairly new to linux so bare with me.

I am trying to install Db2 for Workgroups 7.1 on a Suse Linux 9. I
am logged as root (well, su root) and I am calling db2setup (residing
on the CD) form the "/" directory (the exec command line is
/media/cdrom/./db2setup).

I´m getting the following error:

"Internal error: DBI1502E An error was encountered when opening or
reading from file, /tmp/.db2inst.swap."

Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

The DB2 Linux HOWTO troubleshooting section
(http://tldp.org/HOWTO/DB2-HOWTO/db2t...html#tsinstall) says
*
9.1.1. * When I try to run *db2setup*, I get the following error:
DBI1503E An error was encountered when opening or writing to file,
"/tmp/.dbinst.swp".

DB2 issues this error when it can't find the *pdksh* or *ksh* shells.
This has probably occurred because
you did not install the pdksh package for your distribution. See
Section 3 <http://tldp.org/HOWTO/DB2-HOWTO/preplinux.html> for more
details on installing
the *pdksh* package for your Linux distribution.

Ah right. Another solution: use DB2 v7.2 - it no longer has the pdksh
requirement for installation, but only for cluster support in EEE and
HA support on any server.
Note that the HOWTO doesn't cover SuSE Version 9 specifically, but it
does cover DB2 Version 7, so the general information might help you in
your quest.

Dan