Re: RedHat 7.3 Oracle 9.2

quarkman <quarkman_at_myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:<oprs1ds3uhzkogxn_at_haydn>...
> On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 22:44:48 +0100, DJ <nospamplease_at_goaway.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > "Tom" <tomNOSPAM_at_teameazyriders.com> wrote in message
> > news:VqXUa.1169$QU6.12710985_at_news-text.cableinet.net...
> >> > try setting them where they belong in /etc/system then go read the
> >> > installation guide
> >>
> >> but redhat has /etc/rc.d/rc.local and solaris has /etc/system ?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > nope, rc.local is for starting programs on startup of the machine
> >
> > /etc/system is where you set the kernel parameters
> >
>
>
> I don't know about Red Hat 7.3 (I only installed it once there before
> moving onto 8.0), but what the installation guide actually tells you to do
> is to
>
> cat 250 32000 100 128 > sem
> and
>
> cat 2147etctectetc > shmmax
>
> ...in the /proc/sys/kernel directory.
>
> But that only gets the settings correct until you reboot. So to make the
> changes permanent, you can add the lines:
>
> cd /proc/sys/kernel
> cat 250 32000 etc > sem
> cat 2147etcetcetc > shmmax
>

All absolutely correct, wanted to add that value for shmmax usually should not exceed half of the RAM (noted in Oracle installation documentation).

> ...to the end of /etc/rc.local
>
> Reboot and check, and it works. Whether it's good Linux practice or not is
> a different story.
>
> What you definitely don't do is use the word "set".
>
> ~QM
Received on Tue Jul 29 2003 - 10:10:13 CDT