From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 14:06:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A89810656D9 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:06:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from smtpauth.surewest.net (smtpauth.surewest.net [66.60.130.153]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41D5B8FC20 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:06:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (unknown [69.62.230.77]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtpauth.surewest.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C0F19BF7A; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:06:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (bigdaddy.mykitchentable.net [192.168.1.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 68130164D48; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:06:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49241D7E.5090600@mykitchentable.net> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:06:54 -0800 From: Drew Tomlinson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeremy Chadwick References: <49235108.2030907@mykitchentable.net> <20081119010109.5eff6215.freebsd@edvax.de> <4923598F.2080601@mykitchentable.net> <20081119054111.GB77425@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20081119054111.GB77425@icarus.home.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Polytropon , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: FBSD 7.1 & kern.maxdsiz X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:06:59 -0000 Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 04:10:55PM -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > >> Polytropon wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:34:32 -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote: >>> >>> >>>> The Urchin installation docs [...] >>>> contain a note for FreeBSD users waring of a "hard coded process >>>> datasiz limit of 500 MB" and instruct on to set >>>> "kern.maxdsiz="1073741824"" in /boot/loader.conf. However FBSD 7.1 >>>> doesn't appear to have this sysctl. How can I do the equivalent of >>>> this in FBSD 7.1? >>>> >>>> >>> Exactly, it is *not* a sysctl setting. It's a loader tunable, as >>> I learned from this list some time ago. Don't search to find >>> it in the sysctl list, you won't find it there. :-) >>> >>> In FreeBSD 7 you should be able to set this setting using >>> the file /boot/loader.conf. I think I had this setting on a >>> FreeBSD 5 machine, I'll go and check. >>> >>> >> Thanks for your reply. I guess I expected to be able to view it via >> sysctl even though I understood it could only be changed with a reboot. >> Is there some way to view the current setting? >> > > Through sysctl. > OK, what am I missing? urchin# sysctl -a | grep maxdsiz compat.ia32.maxdsiz: 536870912 compat.linux32.maxdsiz: 536870912 I do not see one named 'kern.maxdsiz'. Thanks, Drew -- Be a Great Magician! Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com