Re: Oracle docs and permanent kernel settings

In 9i on Linux training materials they do recommend sysctl.conf for permanent settings... Maybe the reason is, that proc file system exists on all (properly configured) modern linuxes, but sysctl.conf is distribution specific...

Tanel.

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> Hey all,
>
> Just dumped my primary Windohs desktop at work in favor of Gentoo (yay!),
> and am installing O9iR2. As I'm browsing thru the Install docs as I am
want
> to do prior to installs, I see that they recommend using:
>
> echo "somevalue" >/proc/sys/kernel/someparm
>
> ...in the startup to set kernel values. Anyone know why Oracle wouldn't
> recommend just populating /etc/sysctl.conf (or /etc/sysconfig/* or
whatever
> is available for your flavor of Linux). I used this on the RH installs
I've
> done, and it works well. The echo method is a hack that just doesn't seem
> to be good practice to me.
>
> Just wondering...
>
> Rich
>
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