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Bad System Call (core dumped) on Sybase 12.5 installation (SunOS)


I am trying to install Sybase ASE 12.5.4 on a Sun OS Solaris 11 machine but I am getting the following messages when launching the setup file :

-bash-4.1$ ./setup
InstallShield Wizard

Initializing InstallShield Wizard...

Searching for Java(tm) Virtual Machine...
Bad System Call (core dumped)

Would you have any idea of what could cause this? I want to run a trace on this to see what's missing exactly but I cannot find how to.

Thank you for your help. Cheers


Solution

  • Thank you all for your replies.

    myaut was right when saying:

    Many system calls were deprecated in Solaris 11, access seem to be deleted

    My problem therefore seemed related to a incompatibility between Sybase ASE 12.5.4 and Solaris 11 as this link shows: http://infocenter.sybase.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.sybase.dc35889_1254/html/installsol/X22779.htm

    Sybase ASE 12.5.4 is compatible with Solaris 2.8 (therefore Solaris 8) and I got from the SAP forum that it is 100% compatible with Solaris 9 and most likely with Solaris 10 too but clearly, it doesn't seem to be with Solaris 11.

    I have managed to launch the setup from a Solaris 10 machine and it seems to work perfectly fine.

    Thank you for your help. Regards,