Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 13:00:54 +1000 From: Andrew Johns <A_Johns@TurnAround.com.au> To: Doug Poland <dpoland@execpc.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Allocating contiguous memory with 3.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <371E90E6.E008A510@TurnAround.com.au> References: <000601be8c37$2691eca0$b16f6478@egypt>
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Doug Poland wrote: > > Hello all... > > I'm still trying to install Sybase (for Linux) on FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE. > My latest problem seems to be my inability to allocate a large, > contiguous chunk of physical memory. The Sybase documentation says I > need about 15MB to load the Sybase kernel, and I quote... > > "For SQL Server to run, the operating system kernel must be > configured to allow allocation of a shared memory segment > at least as large as the SQL Server total memory parameter, > which defaults to 15MB (7500 2K pages)." > > How does one go about this in FreeBSD? BTW, I have 48MB RAM. > Quoting from your mail "allocation of a *SHARED* memory segment". You'll need to recompile your kernel and add: options SYSVSHM AND then add an additional line to set the parameters required - you'll need to see LINT for these - I don't remember them off the top of my head. HTH -- Regards | _/\_/\ Andrew Johns BSc (Comp Sci) | / \ TurnAround Solutions Pty Ltd | \_...__/ http://www.turnaround.com.au/ | \/ "The box said 'Requires Windows 95, NT, or better,' so I installed FreeBSD." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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