Mathew Kirsch wrote:
>
> I know the docs say 2.5.1 or 2.6, but is there any reason that Oracle
> 8.0.5 shouldn't install on Solaris 2.5? I'm installing using default
> values for everything, right out of the documentation.
>
> The reason I'm asking is that I'm trying to install it on a SPARC 20
> with 96MB RAM, 2GB swap, Solaris 2.5, and keep getting "ORA-27102: out
> of memory" in crdb<sid>.lst every time the installation gets to the part
> where it starts the server and creates the tables.
>
> This is my /etc/system:
> * shared memeory stuff for oracle
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=1
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=10
> set semsys:seminfo_semmns=200
> set semsys:seminfo_semmni=70
> set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=200
>
> Everything's right out of the documentation. seminfo_semmsl was taken
> from the largest PROCESSES line in init<sid>.ora, just to be safe.
>
> I would be happy to upgrade to 2.6, but this is my NIS+ server, and
> every time I mess with NIS+ I end up with 5 hours of hair-pulling
> mayhem. Unfortunately, it's the only system with resources for Oracle.
>
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I think it is not to do with 2.5 but the Sparc20 - we had similar dramas
with an old IPX - try relocating your SGA to a lower position (the
instrns for this are in the Oracle install guide)
--
Connor McDonald
BHP Information Technology
Perth, Western Australia
"The difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad"
Received on Fri Jan 22 1999 - 00:02:30 CST
