Re: Oracle 8.1.6 on Linux (Mandrake 9.1)

From: DJ <nospamplease_at_goaway.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 19:17:01 -0000
Message-ID: <TWYKb.19494$FN.8455@newsfep4-winn.server.ntli.net>

"Sri" <s.murali_at_ittoolbox.net> wrote in message news:ba433546.0401070829.7f0c5b47_at_posting.google.com...
> Hello,
> I'm trying to install Oracle 8i (8.1.6) on Mandrake 9.1. One of the
> requirements before installing Oracle is to change SHMMAX in
> /usr/local/src/linux/asm/shmparam.h to half of physical ram and a few
> other shared memory parameters like SHMMIN, SHMMNI and SHMSEG. The
> problem is, the header file I have does not have any of these defined
> currently. When I run the 'ipcs' command, I get one line for shared
> memory segments with key 0x0000001. My question is, are these values
> stored somewhere else on Mandrake 9.1? If so, how do I change them?
> Or, can I just add them to the header files and rebuild the kernel?
>
> thanks in advance

dont edit that file

use /etc/system (unless mandrake is well different than other linuxes) Received on Wed Jan 07 2004 - 13:17:01 CST