Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!ucsd!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!hpda!hpcupt1!hpcuhb!hpcllla!hpclisp!hpclscu!shankar
From: shankar@hpclscu.HP.COM (Shankar Unni)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Question about max. # of processes on HP 9000.
Message-ID: <1340013@hpclscu.HP.COM>
Date: 7 Apr 88 22:35:30 GMT
References: <12025@sri-spam.istc.sri.com>
Organization: HP NSG/ISD Computer Language Lab
Lines: 31


1. If you have the "/etc/conf" directory (and the contents therein), simply
   go in there (as root) and edit the file "dfile". There are several copies
   lying around there, for various sample configurations. If you are not sure
   which one to pick up, use "dfile.full.lan".

   Look for the line saying "maxuprc". If it is present, bump up the number
   against it according to taste. if not, add it at the bottom, and use some
   reasonably large number, say, 64.

*
maxuprc     64

2. Execute "make -f config.mk". This will produce a kernel in "hp-ux".

3. Save the old kernel in /SYSBCKUP, and copy the new kernel into /hp-ux.

4. Reboot.

HINT: save the dfile that you modified as "dfile.<yourhostname>". It is
   a handy reminder as to which file to modify the *next* time you need to
   reconfigure your kernel.


If you don't have the contents of the /etc/conf directory, or something
goes wrong in steps 1 - 2, stop and call the nearest HP office for advice.


P.S. I'm assuming that you have a Series 3x0 machine.

--scu