From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad:tektronix!zehntel!sytek!menlo70!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!mbm@mit-cipg@mit-mc
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Title: none
Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.653
Posted: Mon Feb 14 07:42:24 1983
Received: Tue Mar 29 01:59:19 1983

To: csvax.2bsd-bugs@ucb-c70, unix-wizards@sri-unix
Subject: Not enough core


This error (ENOMEM) is returned in the berkeley  pdp11 systems
if a fork is attempted and there may not be enough swapping 
area available, in an effort to prevent "no swap" panics.
This is a confusing choice of error code, because
the manual (intro(2)) explicitly says ENOMEM does not indicate a
temporary condition, but a permanent limitation of the system; this
program is too big to run.   I believe the vax systems also 
generate this error if the paging area appears insufficient.
--mike