scw30_at_amdahl.com wrote:
>
> In article <34B97B8F.E3D62FA4_at_spacestar.net>,
> bmotzer_at_spacestar.net wrote:
>
> I've had a similar problem. Solaris 2.5.1, oracle 8.0.3. dbstart
> give the ora-7331 error. I've tried adjusting the db_block_size to
> 2048 and 8192 (same as some other systems) and dbshut/dbstart - no
> change. Getting the same error.
>
> Any advice.
>
> > I've recently installed an Oracle version 7.3.3 database on a sparc LX
> > workstation with 48 megs
> > of ram. When trying to run a create database command I get the following
> > error:
> >
> > ORA-07331 smsnsg: unable to allocate the variable portion of the sga
> > additional information: 4
> >
> > I've tried reducing the number of processes in the init.ora and a couple
> > of other things. Is this crazy to think that
> > I'm going to get Oracle running on a unix platform with so little
> > memory? The error manual suggests reconfiguring
> > the kernal to get a bigger segment size, is this even possible?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > please email to bmotzer_at_spacestar.com
>
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The problem might be that there might not be a single shared memory
segment or contiguous segments that can house the sga.
Re-configure the kernel with SHMMAX, SHMMNL and all those parameters or
reduce the parameters that contribute to the SGA.
Received on Wed Jan 14 1998 - 00:00:00 CST
