Re: Question about Kernel Source

[Ray Dart <rdart picdar com>]

The value is set exactly as you say. The one (slightly) tricky bit is that
where there are sub pseudo directories (is this English?) - these are are
indicated with dot so.. (broadly speaking)

tunableroot.foo.bar = 12345

is equivalent to /proc/tunableroot/foo/bar being set to 12345

Ray Dart
Picdar



on 22/11/02 9:56 PM, Dwight Taylor at Dwight Taylor oracle com wrote:

> Thanks Ray. When I get home I'll try it. Can I assume that the setup is
> something like
> 
> nproc=<value>
> 
> or do I have to do the dynamic command against /proc/ mount point?
> 
> Last night when I looked at the file, there wasn't much in there - two lines
> were actually set..........
> 
> Dwight
> 
> Ray Dart wrote:
> 
>> Here's a solution...
>> 
>> You can make (semi) permanent changes in the /proc pseudo filesystem - take
>> a look at /etc/sysctl.conf - changes made in here are for kernel tuning and
>> are actioned at boot time.
>> 
>> This is where I make the changes for Oracle .
>> 
>> (I'm sure you can work it out, but if you need a bit more info I've got a
>> doc on it somewhere)
>> 
>> Ray Dart
>> Picdar
>> 
>> on 22/11/02 6:38 PM, Dwight Taylor at Dwight Taylor oracle com wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi, all:
>>> 
>>> I have been setting up a RH 7.2 host at home to put an Oracle 8.1.7 db
>>> on for practice/test/training - I know that 8.1.7 isn't certified with
>>> 7.2, so don't go there. Anyway, I was trying to change the shmmax,
>>> nproc, and fopen last night and discovered that my installation doesn't
>>> have kernel-source in the rpms, so I would have to change it every
>>> stinkin time I boot up. I looked on the CD#1, but there's no folder for
>>> source there either. So what are my options? I have fast internet, so
>>> download is an option, but where do I go to get this? I assume it is a
>>> kernel-source*.rpm of some type, but couldn't find it on redhat's site.
>>> Any ideas?
>>> 
>>> TIA,
>>> 
>>> Dwight Taylor
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>>> 
>>> 
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