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From: eichin@athena.mit.edu (Mark W. Eichin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: mysterious system hangups (W/FIXES!)
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Date: 8 Aug 92 23:00:11 GMT
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|> 	bufpages = min(NKMEMCLUSTERS/2, bufpages);
.... I put this in, though I've never had the problem. Continues to
work fine.
|> 	 value of MAX_KMAPENT in /sys/vm/vm_map.h from 500 to 1000.  It worked
.... I put this in, and the kernel hangs right after autoconf. This is
with 16M of memory on a 486. So this is *not* a perfect solution --
only do it if you're having trouble. (I'm not using an ethernet card,
just SLIP, which may be why I don't see it...)
				_Mark_ <eichin@athena.mit.edu>
				MIT Student Information Processing Board