Re: Oracle 9 on redhat 9...kernal settings

> Nice. I haven't even looked at setting these parms in linux
> in a couple years, didn't know this was available.

some are 2.4.x things, others are 2.2.x changes.

> So, how do you set SHMMAX, etc on linux using sysctl?

if you aren't sure, run "sysctl -a > /tmp/foo" which basically dumps your entire proc layout. for shmmax, the variable is kernel.shmmax, so you'd add a line:

kernel.shmmax = ##########

then run sysctl -p

• craig

>
> The man pages weren't much help.
>
> Jared
>
> On Friday 04 July 2003 03:24, Markus Reger wrote:
> > standard kernel : no rebuild.
> > just use sysctl -p
> > after writing yr preeferred settings into /etc/sysctl.conf
> >
> > for advanced linux guys: they can be set directly - but the previous way is
> > more convinient.
> >
> > in case you don't set them yr installation might hnag when creating the
> > database instance. in this case just install the database later. means
> > start dbassiost fter setting the kernel params. doesn't need a complete
> > re-install.
> >
> > kr
> >
> > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/04/03 10:34 AM >>>
> >
> > Hi Jared,
> >
> >
> > I ventured into my first red hat install not to long ago, but these
> > parameters do do need a kernel rebuild (afaik)
> >
> >
> > Jack
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 7:21 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> > Unless you've run into errors requiring adjustment of these parameters,
> > don't bother with them.
> >
> > I've run 4 databases on a 2Gig RAM RH 7.1 box without ever touching these.
> >
> > Modifying them requires rebuilding the kernel, which can be quite a
> > hassle.
> >
> > It also invalidates Oracle support on linux.
> >
> > Jared
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > John Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 07/03/2003 01:54 AM
> > Please respond to ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > cc:
> > Subject: Oracle 9 on redhat 9...kernal settings
> >
> >
> > I have 512 MB RAM in my Redhat Linux intel machine running Oracle 9.
> >
> > What should I set the Kernal parameters to..... shmmax, shmmni, shmall,
> > sem
> > ????
> >
> > JD
>
>

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