Hi Rajesh,

Thanks for the info. I was not aware what shmmax value
was, though, I knew it is related to memory.

I had even left the /etc/system file unchanged during 
my 2nd installation attempt (I had copied system to
system.org) and tried. But it fails there too.

Thanks,
gopi


--- Rajesh Dayal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Pankaj,
>       With 256 MB RAM, you may not be able to set  
> 
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295 
> 
>       Try setting it to lower values 1-2 GB, It should
> resolve the issue. Of course it shdn't have any
> impact on
> Oracle's functioning ( If you have just 256 MB, you
> can't
> allocate 4 GB to one single Mem Segment right??). 
> 
> HTH,
> Rajesh
> -----Original Message-----
> Kumar
> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 8:40 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> 
> 
> Hi All, 
> 
> Before I explain what I did, here is the system
> configuration details : 
> 
> Hardware : 
> CPU : Intel Pentium III 500 Mhz 
> RAM : 256MB 
> HDD : 15GB 
> 
> Software : 
> OS : Solaris 8 for Intel 
> Oracle : Oracle 8.1.7 Rel 3 
> 
> I first changed the /etc/system file by adding these
> entries as it is given in the install.htm file. But
> it
> 
> failed. 
> 
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295 
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=1 
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100 
> set shmsys:shminfo_sshmseg=10 
> set semsys:seminfo_semmni=100 
> set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=100 
> set semsys:seminfo_semmns=200 
> set semsys:seminfo_semopm=100 
> set semsys:seminfo_semvmx=100 
> 
> I tried it for the second time by using the original
> system generated file (the default) and it fails
> even
> then. I suppose it is due to the shm parameters in 
> the /etc/system file. 
> 
> Does anyone know what combination of shm parameters
> to
> 
> use with my HW configuration ? 
> 
> Is it possible to copy these files onto a floppy
> with
> DOS format from Solaris. This way, I Can email you
> the
> 
> files atleast. 
> 
> I know that my Solaris skills are pretty bad. I'm
> waiting for the Solaris 8 installation books to be
> released so that I can get myself certified. 
> 
> Any idea which are the trace & log files that I need
> to look into. 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
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