I got this warnning message : --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- Checking kernel parameters Checking for BIT_SIZE=32; found BIT_SIZE=32. Passed Checking for shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295; found shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295. Passed Checking for shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100; found shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100. Passed Checking for semsys:seminfo_semmni=100; found semsys:seminfo_semmni=100. Passed Checking for semsys:seminfo_semmsl=256; found semsys:seminfo_semmsl=256. Passed Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Passed =======================================================================
Checking physical memory requirements ... Expected result: 922MB Actual Result: 508MB Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Failed <<<< Problem: The system does not have sufficient physical memory to perform the install. Recommendation: Increase the amount of physical memory available to your system before continuing with the installation. =======================================================================
Here it is my /etc/system : ------------------------------------- set cpu\.generic:gcpu_legacy_cpu_support=1 *set cmi_no_init=1 set noexec_user_stack=1 set semsys:seminfo_semmni=100 set semsys:shminfo_shmmin=1 set semsys:seminfo_semmns=1024 set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=256 set semsys:seminfo_semvmx=32767 set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295 set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=1 set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=10 ~
> I got this warnning message : > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- > Checking kernel parameters > Checking for BIT_SIZE=32; found BIT_SIZE=32. Passed > Checking for shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295; found > shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295. Passed > Checking for shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100; found > shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100. Passed > Checking for semsys:seminfo_semmni=100; found > semsys:seminfo_semmni=100. Passed > Checking for semsys:seminfo_semmsl=256; found > semsys:seminfo_semmsl=256. Passed > Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Passed > =======================================================================
> Checking physical memory requirements ... > Expected result: 922MB > Actual Result: 508MB > Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Failed <<<< > Problem: The system does not have sufficient physical memory to > perform the install. > Recommendation: Increase the amount of physical memory available to > your system before continuing with the installation. > =======================================================================
> Here it is my /etc/system : > ------------------------------------- > set cpu\.generic:gcpu_legacy_cpu_support=1 > *set cmi_no_init=1 > set noexec_user_stack=1 > set semsys:seminfo_semmni=100 > set semsys:shminfo_shmmin=1 > set semsys:seminfo_semmns=1024 > set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=256 > set semsys:seminfo_semvmx=32767 > set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295 > set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=1 > set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=10 > ~
> Any suggestions
physical memory = RAM. Thus, add more RAM to your machine.
> > I got this warnning message : > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- > > Checking kernel parameters > > Checking for BIT_SIZE=32; found BIT_SIZE=32. Passed > > Checking for shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295; found > > shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295. Passed > > Checking for shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100; found > > shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100. Passed > > Checking for semsys:seminfo_semmni=100; found > > semsys:seminfo_semmni=100. Passed > > Checking for semsys:seminfo_semmsl=256; found > > semsys:seminfo_semmsl=256. Passed > > Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Passed > > =======================================================================
> > Checking physical memory requirements ... > > Expected result: 922MB > > Actual Result: 508MB > > Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Failed <<<< > > Problem: The system does not have sufficient physical memory to > > perform the install. > > Recommendation: Increase the amount of physical memory available to > > your system before continuing with the installation. > > =======================================================================
> > Here it is my /etc/system : > > ------------------------------------- > > set cpu\.generic:gcpu_legacy_cpu_support=1 > > *set cmi_no_init=1 > > set noexec_user_stack=1 > > set semsys:seminfo_semmni=100 > > set semsys:shminfo_shmmin=1 > > set semsys:seminfo_semmns=1024 > > set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=256 > > set semsys:seminfo_semvmx=32767 > > set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295 > > set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=1 > > set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=10 > > ~
> > Any suggestions
> physical memory = RAM. Thus, add more RAM to your machine.
Doc. told us the the min RAM for installation is 512MB so I can install Oracle . Beside I can not install more RAM because My machine is PIII . That the maximum for it . Thanks
Andreas Wacknitz wrote: > Am 10.10.10 15:59, schrieb happytoday: >> I got this warnning message : >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- >> Checking kernel parameters >> Checking for BIT_SIZE=32; found BIT_SIZE=32. Passed >> Checking for shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295; found >> shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295. Passed >> Checking for shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100; found >> shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100. Passed >> Checking for semsys:seminfo_semmni=100; found >> semsys:seminfo_semmni=100. Passed >> Checking for semsys:seminfo_semmsl=256; found >> semsys:seminfo_semmsl=256. Passed >> Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Passed >> =======================================================================
>> Checking physical memory requirements ... >> Expected result: 922MB >> Actual Result: 508MB >> Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Failed <<<< >> Problem: The system does not have sufficient physical memory to >> perform the install. >> Recommendation: Increase the amount of physical memory available to >> your system before continuing with the installation. >> =======================================================================
>> My Ram is 512 MB . My Hard seen as < 500GB . Here it is my df -k
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>> Any suggestions ? > physical memory = RAM. Thus, add more RAM to your machine.
Use the Crucial site, to determine whether the computer has memory expansion options or not.
Depending on the vintage of the computer, there were some motherboards with a 512MB limitation. Intel made a chipset once, where there were three slots for installing RAM, a slot could contain up to a 512MB capacity stick of RAM, and yet the overall machine was limited to 512MB. This was a strategic error on Intel's part, intended to make customers angry.
So check the system details, and see if it is possible to install more RAM.
When installing the RAM, the important things to remember are.
1) Turn off the power to the computer. Unplug the power cord so there is no stray power inside the computer chassis. Do this after doing a normal system shutdown (not standby).
2) Verify the notch in the DIMM, aligns with the key in the DIMM slot. Also check that the dimensions and number of contacts on the module, match the memory slot on the computer motherboard. Don't apply downward pressure to snap the module into place, unless you're sure the module will fit.
One "genius guy", bought memory for his computer, and the notch in the memory DIMM, didn't line up with the key in the slot. Being clever, he decided to take a hack saw, and cut a new notch :-( This is a bad thing to do. The notch system is intended to prevent the wrong memory from being installed, or it can also prevent the module from going in backwards.
If something isn't fitting right, ask questions first.
On 2010-10-10, happytoday <ehabaziz2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Checking physical memory requirements ... >> > Expected result: 922MB >> > Actual Result: 508MB > Doc. told us the the min RAM for installation is 512MB so I can > install Oracle.
Apparently Doc. was wrong.
>Beside I can not install more RAM because My machine > is PIII . That the maximum for it .
Then this machine can't have that software installed on it.
Really, how did you grow up without learning to combine pieces of information to reach conclusions? Do you ever have trouble crossing the street? I can just see you asking for help with street crossing:
Hello, I need to know whether there are cars coming from either direction. I looked left and I saw three cars, two of them parked, and one where I can see tail lights. I looked right and I saw one parked car, and one moving with headlights on and facing me. Is there any traffic coming?
If you'd just, you know, *think* about the information you have, and combine it, you wouldn't have nearly as much trouble.
In comp.unix.programmer Seebs <usenet-nos...@seebs.net> wrote:
> On 2010-10-10, happytoday <ehabaziz2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Checking physical memory requirements ... > >> > Expected result: 922MB > >> > Actual Result: 508MB > > Doc. told us the the min RAM for installation is 512MB so I can > > install Oracle. > Apparently Doc. was wrong.
Or it wasn't the documentation for the version that's going to be installed (or for a different OS). E.g. on the page with the re- quirements of the "11g release 1" for Solaris
it's stated that at least 1 GB is required (but then this might again be the documention for a different version or OS).
> >Beside I can not install more RAM because My machine > > is PIII . That the maximum for it . > Then this machine can't have that software installed on it. > Really, how did you grow up without learning to combine pieces of information > to reach conclusions?
On 2010-10-10, Jens Thoms Toerring <j...@toerring.de> wrote:
> Peter, do you really think that was necessary?
I don't know. I suspect it's pointless, but I have seen people who actually started to think once they'd had it pointed out to them that they did, in fact, have all the information they needed.
Not very often, but I usually try a couple of times before I plonk someone for being ineducable.
No answer to any technical question will help him if he can't combine information to reach conclusions. If he can learn that, he won't need to ask 90% of the questions he posts today.
> Andreas Wacknitz wrote: > > Am 10.10.10 15:59, schrieb happytoday: > >> I got this warnning message : > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- > >> Checking kernel parameters > >> Checking for BIT_SIZE=32; found BIT_SIZE=32. Passed > >> Checking for shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295; found > >> shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295. Passed > >> Checking for shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100; found > >> shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100. Passed > >> Checking for semsys:seminfo_semmni=100; found > >> semsys:seminfo_semmni=100. Passed > >> Checking for semsys:seminfo_semmsl=256; found > >> semsys:seminfo_semmsl=256. Passed > >> Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Passed > >> =======================================================================
> >> Checking physical memory requirements ... > >> Expected result: 922MB > >> Actual Result: 508MB > >> Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Failed <<<< > >> Problem: The system does not have sufficient physical memory to > >> perform the install. > >> Recommendation: Increase the amount of physical memory available to > >> your system before continuing with the installation. > >> =======================================================================
> >> My Ram is 512 MB . My Hard seen as < 500GB . Here it is my df -k
> <<snipped>>
> >> Any suggestions ? > > physical memory = RAM. Thus, add more RAM to your machine.
> Use the Crucial site, to determine whether the computer has memory > expansion options or not.
> Depending on the vintage of the computer, there were some motherboards > with a 512MB limitation. Intel made a chipset once, where there were > three slots for installing RAM, a slot could contain up to a 512MB > capacity stick of RAM, and yet the overall machine was limited to 512MB. > This was a strategic error on Intel's part, intended to make customers > angry.
> So check the system details, and see if it is possible to install more RAM.
> When installing the RAM, the important things to remember are.
> 1) Turn off the power to the computer. Unplug the power cord so > there is no stray power inside the computer chassis. Do this > after doing a normal system shutdown (not standby).
> 2) Verify the notch in the DIMM, aligns with the key in the DIMM slot. > Also check that the dimensions and number of contacts on the module, > match the memory slot on the computer motherboard. Don't apply > downward pressure to snap the module into place, unless you're sure > the module will fit.
> One "genius guy", bought memory for his computer, and the notch in the > memory DIMM, didn't line up with the key in the slot. Being clever, he > decided to take a hack saw, and cut a new notch :-( This is a bad thing > to do. The notch system is intended to prevent the wrong memory from being > installed, or it can also prevent the module from going in backwards.
> If something isn't fitting right, ask questions first.
> Paul
Can I increase other kernel parameters to make this barrier pass as an alternative of increasing Ram ? Why it is requiring more RAM though it is documented Min Ram is 512 MB
> Can I increase other kernel parameters to make this barrier pass as an > alternative of increasing Ram ? > Why it is requiring more RAM though it is documented Min Ram is 512 MB
What part of
Problem: The system does not have sufficient physical memory to perform the install. Recommendation: Increase the amount of physical memory available to your system before continuing with the installation.
>Can I increase other kernel parameters to make this barrier pass as an >alternative of increasing Ram ? >Why it is requiring more RAM though it is documented Min Ram is 512 MB
Let's review: 1. You ran the Solaris Software install program on this machine. 2. Solaris installed fine. 1. You ran the Oracle software install program. 2. The Oracle software install program failed, saying you need to double the amount of RAM in your machine.
Why are you asking if there are settings you can tweak in the Solaris kernel? Solaris didn't refuse to install in your machine. Oracle was the thing that refused to install.
Why aren't you asking in the Oracle newsgroups?
-Greg -- Do NOT reply via e-mail. Reply in the newsgroup.
> Can I increase other kernel parameters to make this barrier pass as an > alternative of increasing Ram ? > Why it is requiring more RAM though it is documented Min Ram is 512 MB
Was the documented requirement of 512MB physical RAM, for the release of software you were installing ?
I don't know the details of the Oracle installer. If it was using a shell script, you could try commenting out the test for physical memory.
There is mention here, of a "percentage of memory usage" parameter.
> On Oct 10, 4:24 pm, Andreas Wacknitz<A.Wackn...@gmx.de> wrote: >> Am 10.10.10 15:59, schrieb happytoday:
>>> I got this warnning message : >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- >>> Checking kernel parameters >>> Checking for BIT_SIZE=32; found BIT_SIZE=32. Passed >>> Checking for shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295; found >>> shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295. Passed >>> Checking for shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100; found >>> shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100. Passed >>> Checking for semsys:seminfo_semmni=100; found >>> semsys:seminfo_semmni=100. Passed >>> Checking for semsys:seminfo_semmsl=256; found >>> semsys:seminfo_semmsl=256. Passed >>> Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Passed >>> =======================================================================
>>> Checking physical memory requirements ... >>> Expected result: 922MB >>> Actual Result: 508MB >>> Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Failed<<<< >>> Problem: The system does not have sufficient physical memory to >>> perform the install. >>> Recommendation: Increase the amount of physical memory available to >>> your system before continuing with the installation. >>> =======================================================================
>>> Here it is my /etc/system : >>> ------------------------------------- >>> set cpu\.generic:gcpu_legacy_cpu_support=1 >>> *set cmi_no_init=1 >>> set noexec_user_stack=1 >>> set semsys:seminfo_semmni=100 >>> set semsys:shminfo_shmmin=1 >>> set semsys:seminfo_semmns=1024 >>> set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=256 >>> set semsys:seminfo_semvmx=32767 >>> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295 >>> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=1 >>> set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=10 >>> ~
>>> Any suggestions
>> physical memory = RAM. Thus, add more RAM to your machine.
> Doc. told us the the min RAM for installation is 512MB so I can > install Oracle . Beside I can not install more RAM because My machine > is PIII . That the maximum for it . > Thanks
Replace your machine! PC's supporting 4GB of RAM are available. I suspect that any of them will run rings around a Pentium III!!
>> Can I increase other kernel parameters to make this barrier pass as an >> alternative of increasing Ram ? >> Why it is requiring more RAM though it is documented Min Ram is 512 MB
> What part of
> Problem: The system does not have sufficient physical memory to > perform the install. > Recommendation: Increase the amount of physical memory available to > your system before continuing with the installation.
>> Can I increase other kernel parameters to make this barrier pass as an >> alternative of increasing Ram ?
> ./runInstaller -ignoreSysPrereqs
If you do so, be prepared for extremely poor performance or refusal to function at all! Your best bet is to install AT LEAST the minimum memory recommended by Oracle. More is usually better! Also note that Oracle has some pretty strict standards for number of disk drives and number of disk controllers. I believe that the minimum is five disk drives and two controllers. The systems I've installed Oracle on had a good deal more than the minimum memory, two or more disk controllers and eight or ten disk drives.
If Oracle is not the best database program around it's close. It *may* be more database than you need. If you don't have an experienced DBA, you should probably hire one or send one of your people to school to learn how it's done! You might want to pay Oracle for the services of one of their technical people to help get you and your people up to speed.
Do we know the op's financial resources? If he's simply fiddling around with an old machine at home in order to see what can be done then that should be encouraged I think. Yes, it's smart to look at the output and then deduce what should be done. But, on the other hand, he did ask if it was possible to tweak the installation procedure to get round his limitations. And it is indeed possible. So his question wasn't nearly as stupid as it has been made out to be by some of the replies that he had. I think more fairness could be extended in such cases.
I don't know if you're still reading this thread now that you've got your answer, but if you are, you might want to pre-empt some of the irritated replies that you're likely to get from technical folks and geeks who place great store on attention to detail, by (a) explaining why you can't do obvious things like buy a new faster machine (because you've got no money) or fit more RAM. I see you did explain that by showing that your machine doesn't support any more RAM. Well done.
You might understand perfectly well why you can't get a new faster machine. But we won't know why not unless you tell us.
I hope you have a less irritable response to your next question.
> Do we know the op's financial resources? If he's simply fiddling > around with an old machine at home in order to see what can be done > then that should be encouraged I think. Yes, it's smart to look at the > output and then deduce what should be done. But, on the other hand, he > did ask if it was possible to tweak the installation procedure to get > round his limitations. And it is indeed possible. So his question > wasn't nearly as stupid as it has been made out to be by some of the > replies that he had. I think more fairness could be extended in such > cases.
If he is really fiddling around with a home system, his question is "under specified". You *can* do a lot of things on a small home system IFF you don't expect things to work to a commercial standard.
If a poster doesn't say otherwise, we have to assume that he's installing Oracle for use as a real database that is expected to function correctly and provide good performance!
>Checking physical memory requirements ... >Expected result: 922MB >Actual Result: 508MB >Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Failed <<<< >Problem: The system does not have sufficient physical memory to >perform the install.
If it requires 922MB of physical memory to *install* the program, I hate to think of what it takes to *run* it. It's approaching the rumored version of Windows 666 which requires a minimum of 4GB to boot the first-level bootstrap, complete with 3-D movies of the birth of Bill Gates to display during the boot process.
Yes, it's probably a good idea to warn if there isn't enough horsepower to run the app you're installing, but preventing it on a system that's upgradeable doesn't make sense.
A decent virtual memory system ought to be able to (but I suspect this disqualifies most OSs out there) run with very little user-process memory (although it will be far from fast). For example, if pages are 4Kbytes or 16Kbytes, it shouldn't be panicing with 128Kbytes of user-process memory, assuming the standard system library takes 2MB. You might get performance equivalent to a 1KHz processor out of one that supposedly runs at 2GHz, and it might not be able to keep up with a mouse or a 1-finger-typist user typing ahead on a 110-baud teletype. If the product has annual updates, you might find it takes more than a year to install one of the updates.
One reason you might want to do this is to install the software and set it up while waiting for approval for the additional memory, or waiting for it to arrive.
happytoday wrote: >>>Am 10.10.10 15:59, schrieb happytoday:
>>>>Checking physical memory requirements ... >>>>Expected result: 922MB >>>>Actual Result: 508MB >>>>Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Failed <<<<
> Can I increase other kernel parameters to make this barrier pass as an > alternative of increasing Ram ? > Why it is requiring more RAM though it is documented Min Ram is 512 MB
Your Oracle requires 512 MB of free RAM. Your PC has 512 MB total RAM, and the Oracle installer only could find 508 MB of free RAM. Thus, the installation failed, as designed.
> happytoday wrote: >>>> Am 10.10.10 15:59, schrieb happytoday:
>>>>> Checking physical memory requirements ... >>>>> Expected result: 922MB >>>>> Actual Result: 508MB >>>>> Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Failed <<<<
>> Can I increase other kernel parameters to make this barrier pass as an >> alternative of increasing Ram ? >> Why it is requiring more RAM though it is documented Min Ram is 512 MB
> Your Oracle requires 512 MB of free RAM. Your PC has 512 MB total RAM, > and the Oracle installer only could find 508 MB of free RAM. Thus, the > installation failed, as designed.
The obvious solution is to install more memory! Many PCs will support 4GB of RAM (four 1GB DIMMs). It's not terribly expensive these days.
If, for some reason, the machine will not support more RAM you will have to either get a machine that will support a minimum of 1GB or limit yourself to software that your hardware WILL support!
I would suggest that you "MAX OUT" the RAM; 512MB is only the *minimum*!! It will make a large difference in the performance of Oracle.
Also note that Oracle wants a MINIMUM of FIVE physical disk drives for its exclusive use. More may be better. For best performance you may want to install additional disk controllers.
If you were thinking of running Oracle on a typical desktop computer, you are almost certainly thinking TOO SMALL. A *SERVER* type machine is the way to go.
If you don't have an experienced Database Administrator, consider hiring one. I'm not one but I've worked with a couple! It really helps to have someone who knows how!!!
