On Mar 6, 11:42 am, Gary Aldridge <Gary.Aldridge.2nc...@no-
mx.unixadmintalk.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am very new to Solaris admin ( I am an Oracle DBA by trade), so I was
> wondering if some kind person could help me out please. This is the
> issue:-
>
> I am attempting to set shared memory, semaphore settings (prior to
> installing Oracle) on an Ultra 2 machine running 5.9 Solaris SPAC. I
> have edited the /etc/system file but on a reboot (init 6) the settings
> aren't being reflected.
>
> I am checking with sysdef|grep -i SHM
> sysdef|grep -i SEM
>
> Can anyone offer any explanation why these settings are being ignored,
>
> I don't believe I have mirroring on the root disk. Any help would be
> gratefully appreciated because I can't install Oracle otherwise.
>
> Thanks In Advance
>
> Gary
>
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What exact lines are you adding to /etc/system ?