On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 19:17:01 -0000, DJ wrote:
>
> "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)
/etc/sysctl.conf
kernel.shmmax=1073741824
Received on Wed Jan 07 2004 - 21:31:10 CST
