On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Jesse, Rich wrote: > Hey all, > > Just dumped my primary Windohs desktop at work in favor of Gentoo (yay!), > and am installing O9iR2. As I'm browsing thru the Install docs as I am want > to do prior to installs, I see that they recommend using: > > echo "somevalue" >/proc/sys/kernel/someparm > > ...in the startup to set kernel values. Anyone know why Oracle wouldn't > recommend just populating /etc/sysctl.conf (or /etc/sysconfig/* or whatever > is available for your flavor of Linux). I used this on the RH installs I've > done, and it works well. The echo method is a hack that just doesn't seem > to be good practice to me.
I'm not sure why Oracle recommends such in their docs, as such changes aren't persistent through a reboot. The sysctl command which is used to process /etc/sysctl.conf does essentially the same thing as "echo somevalue > /proc/sys/...", so from a functional standpoint it's the same operation, but with sysctl you get the benefit of not having to worry about your changes disappearing after a reboot. You would think that with 'official' support for Oracle on RedHat, the docs would recommend setting values in /etc/sysctl.conf, instead. -- Dan Hanks > > Just wondering... > > Rich > > [stoopid signatures not in MS sExchange profile] > -- ======================================================================== Daniel Hanks - Systems/Database Administrator About Inc., Web Services Division ======================================================================== -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Daniel Hanks INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).