Re: How to PERMANENTLY set semaphores in Linux - Suse Personal Edition 8.2?

On 21 Nov 2003 09:56:03 -0800, <linuxquestion_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

> Here is an update.

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> and created the run level links:
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> ln -s /etc/init.d/boot_shmmax /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S01boot_shmmax
> ln -s /etc/init.d/boot_shmmax /etc/init.d/rc5.d/S01boot_shmmax
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> <notice>/etc/init.d/rc5.d/S01boot_shmmax start
> Setting size for /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
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> /etc/init.d/rc5.d/S01boot_shmmax: line 6: /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
> : No such file or directory
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> Value for shmmax is now: 33554432
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> <notice>'/etc/init.d/rc5.d/S01boot_shmmax start' exits with status 0
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> At boot, the file: /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax isn't even found.
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> Any more ideas on how to set the shmmax at boot time?
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Looks like you're doing it too soon. Find out when /proc is mounted and set your S##boot_shmmax number so it runs after that. Received on Fri Nov 21 2003 - 12:11:59 CST