Re: Oracle8 won't start if db_block_buffers > 100000

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998 18:56:28 GMT, larionov_at_yahoo.com <larionov_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>I have 512M of ram, which is 262144 blocks!
>
>In article <359221e5.7969830_at_news2.mm.com>,
> johng_at_nospam.mm.com wrote:
>>
>> Do you have enough RAM for 100000*db_block_size ?
>>
>> larionov_at_yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>> >Dear members of the NG,
>> >
>> >I have a sudden problem installing Oracle8 on SPARC solaris 2.6.
>> >I db_block_buffers is more than 100000 the database would not start.
>> >In the "svrmgrl" the command 'startup' would just hang for infinite time
>> >without error message.
>> >
>> >
>> >What could be the reason for this behavior?

Did you try use_ism=false?

There is a bug with intimate shared memory in 2.6.

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