Re: Kernel Parameters

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Justice, Randy -CONT(DYN) wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I have installation of RH 7.1, which has an kernel upgrade of 2.4.3-12.  
>
> I need to modify the kernel parameters: sem, shmmax, etc.  I was told to
> "write a script to initialize these values during system startup, and
> include the script in your system initialization files".
>
> I can write the scrite to initialize these values for system startup.  But
> where do I include it? What are the system initialization files?

Put the commands in /etc/rc.d/rc.local.  This script is run as the
last thing in your boot sequence.

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