Hello Alpha-Managers,
last week I asked how to use more than 128MB RAM in a 600 5/233
workstation under DU 3.2c.
The solution is quite simple; the first of the following
possibilities (sent by Cliff Krieger) worked perfectly for me.
Many thanks to all who replied!
Wolfgang Henkel
> David G. Loone <dloone_at_atnf.csiro.au> writes:
> -> There is a limit on the amount of virtual memory a process can
> -> use. You can do one of three things:
> ->
> -> 1.
> -> Rebuild your kernel with a larger value of "dfldsiz".
> ->
> -> 2.
> -> Use the "limit" command in csh, tcsh, etc to increase this value online
> -> (up to the "maxdsiz" kernel parameter).
> [NOTE: in bash or ksh this is "ulimit", see next messages below -- KM]
> -> 3.
> -> Use the "getrlimit" and "setrlimit" system calls in your software to
> -> achieve #2.
>
> A couple of additions:
> 4. modify /etc/sysconfigtab, preferentially by using
> /sbin/sysconfigdb, possibly by direct editing;
> 5. Other relevant commands: stanza; sysconfig and doconfig (for
> rebuilding kernel)
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* Wolfgang Henkel
* Institut fuer Kunststoffverarbeitung
* RWTH Aachen
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* henkel_at_ext.ikv.rwth-aachen.de
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Received on Tue Feb 04 1997 - 11:56:47 NZDT