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Subject: Re: system hangs? after resetting rtq_reallyold
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In article <199607150521.WAA02093@root.com>,
David Greenman  <davidg@Root.COM> wrote:
: options "NMBCLUSTERS=<n>"
:
:    ...to your kernel config file. Where <n> is some number in the area of 2000
: and not more than 4000 (unless you know what you're doing).

It's worth noting that 2.0 versions didn't need anywhere near this
amount. When I upgraded to 2.1, it looked like I needed about
twice what I'd previously needed. I've since doubled that and
have been happy; I've set it to 4096.