[SunHELP] Not enough memory roor

[Mike Gracy]

Steve Pribyl wrote:

> Solaris 2.6 is a 32bit OS you can't address more then 4G and oracle is 32
> to bit because of the OS.
>
> You need 2.8(7? I forget) and 64 bit oracle.
>
> Steve Pribyl
> spribyl at enteract.com
> http://www.enteract.com/~spribyl
>
> On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Naser Ali wrote:
>
> > Hello every one,
> >
> > I am experiencing a weired problem here. The system has 16 gig of physical
> > memory. It is Solaris 2.6, oracle 8.1.6 and SUN E10k environment.
> >
> > Kerenel parameters are set at optimum. But when we try to bump up oracle
> > parameters especially db_block_buffer and shared memory, it complains about
> > not enough space.
> > Now is that a oracle problem or Solaris 2.6 problem with 4 gig memory
> > limitation. Any pointers will be much appreciated.
> >
> > skgm warning: Not enough physical memory for SHM_SHARE_MMU segment of size
> > 0000000012442000
> >
>
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You are correct sir!  2.7 adds 64bit support (look at the custom package
installation screen during setup for further info).  I'm not usre how far the
support goes toward also support ing the apps though (64bit API calls and such).