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From: Chris Radek <cradek@in221.inetnebr.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: INND Cannot remalloc?
Date: 09 Dec 1996 19:15:25 -0600
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robk@stack.urc.tue.nl (Rob Kouwenberg) writes:
| david@news1.anet-dfw.com wrote:
| : I have a P166 with 128Meg ram running bsdi 2.1 INND.
| : I keep getting an error about not enough memory, and cannot remalloc....
| : Any clues on how to fix?
| 
| BSDI also has a default data size limit of 16MB.  Adding
| "unlimit datasize" in the beginning of your rc.news file should
| correct the problem.  (Symptoms are INN not being able to malloc
| or realloc enough memory)  adding "limit openfiles 256" also
| may be necessary.
| The kernel limit of 64MB max data size may also not be enough.
| Specify "options MAXDSIZ=134217728" (128MB) in your kernel config and
| rebuild.

This may not cut it under 2.1.  Also RTFM login.conf.

-Chris