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From: dsantry@maccs.mcmaster.ca (Doug Santry)
Subject: 386BSD memory problems
Message-ID: <1993Mar1.013533.7873@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
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Organization: Department of Computer Science, McMaster University
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1993 01:35:33 GMT
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I have a problem with my system when it boots.  When it trys to run 
dev_mkdb it gets a not enouph memory error but I have 8 megs of RAM
and am not running X so there should be lots of memory.  I also
don't load any network daemons which should also free up some space.
It seems neccesary because 'ps' keeps warning me the file dev.db does
not exist.

Also, in the master.passwd file I don't know what half the fields are for,
my own personal account cannot use 'gcc' because permission is denied
'cpp' for access to some file /tmp/cc232930.  I have been doing all my 'C'
work with 'root'.  How do you set privlege level?