On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 05:30:18PM +1000, Bradley Marshall wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We're trying to install a Linux 2.2.14 coda 5.3.3 server,
> and the following messages appear in /vice/srv/SrvLog during
> startup:
> 
>   16:18:34 VCheckVLDB:  could not open VLDB
>   16:18:34 VInitVolPackage: no VLDB! Please create a new one.
> 
> This seems to indicate that there is no VLDB - whenever we
> try to create a VLDB, we get the following:
> 
>   # volutil create /vicepa/ u.test
>   V_BindToServer: binding to host cox.staff.plugged.com.au
>   VolCreate failed with Unknown RPC2 return code 103

I normally use the createvol_rep script. It uses volutil create_rep,
which might have the same problems, but at least it creates a replicated
volume, non-replicated volumes have some annoying side-effects like not
supporting disconnected operation. They are therefore almost unused
except for the read-only backup volumes.

> Occasionally, when we try different methods to create the VLDB
> we get RPC2 return code 102.
> 
>   # ./bldvldb.sh 
>   Fetching /vice/vol/Volumelist from cox.staff.plugged.com.au
>   V_BindToServer: binding to host cox.staff.plugged.com.au
>   VolMakeVLDB failed with Unknown RPC2 return code 102

What is the serverlog (/vice/srv/SrvLog) reporting?

Jan