--thanks for the reply - --i'm sorry i didn't inform the list last night; i saw what --i was doing wrong and figured it out. i was calculating --the values incorrectly - and of course, nothing happened. --i had to review some old servers and look at the --specs before it dawned on me. my bad. --i did see the /etc/rc.local option in google and --i thought that, tho a neat option B, i shouldn't --have to do that because 'cat xxxx >' and 'sysctl' --*should* work. oh well. --thanks again! -X -----Original Message----- From: Redhat Enterprise [mailto:redhat_help@xxxxxxxxx] Did U try by including it in the /etc/rc.local ?. I mean 'cat xxxx >/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax' [snip] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list