From: bobm@anasazi.com (Bob Maccione) Subject: Kernel Buffer Size Configuration Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1993 04:54:20 GMT
I looked all around but noticed that Linux doesn't have a /etc/conf
type area that can set how much memory is allocated to the buffers.
I'm running a 486 33 (DLC ) and notice that free tells me it's using
3000+ in the buffer count and even when I first login I only have about
a meg available. Is there a way to change this in the kernel. ( I'm
on ver 99.6 or so ).
Soooo, before you all tell me to upgrade to the latest, I went to sunsite and
got a1, when I booted on it right after creating the ram disk and copying to
it I got the following: ' child process XXX died ' where XXX was just counting
up from 0 or so. Any clues?
To make stuff worse, I can no longer boot my system, I got an error while
attempting to make the kernel ( I only boot from floppy tho ) about allocating
memory ( I have 8M real w/ 8M swapfile in a ext partition ) and since then
I get a general protection error 0000 from pid 1, process nr:1, I haven't
found a debugging the kernel FAQ or DOC yet ( put this up there with my
kernel config doc ) and figure I'll have to just blow everything away.
Any suggestions/pointers into what may have gone wrong?
last question... Could data in the swap file screw up life on a reboot?
thanks,
bob maccione