Installation problem on G4

[Konstantin Belousov]

On Thu, Aug 08, 2013 at 03:36:30PM +0400, Roman Bogorodskiy wrote:
>   Konstantin Belousov wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 03:52:02PM +0400, Roman Bogorodskiy wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I've downloaded 9.2-RC1 iso to install it on G4.
> > > 
> > > However, installer doesn't start and the following error is reported:
> > > 
> > > vm_thread_new: kstack allocation failed
> > > 
> > > it brings me into single user shell, but every command there also
> > > results in the same messge:
> > > 
> > > vm_thread_new: kstack allocation failed
> > > Cannot fork: Cannot allocate memory
> > > 
> > > What could be wrong with that?
> > 
> > How much memory do you have ?
> > 
> > Show me the output of sysctl
> > vfs.unmapped_buf_allowed
> > kern.bio_transient_maxcnt
> > kern.nbuf
> 
> It reports 1009MB of real memory and 974 MB avail memory.
> 
> Any tips how could I get the values of sysctl? Because 'sysctl' command
> fails just like all the other commands.

Enter debugger and do
x/d unmapped_buf_allowed
x/d bio_transient_maxcnt
x/d nbuf

Also you might try to boot with vfs.unmapped_buf_allowed=0
set at the loader prompt (but I need the values above from the untuned
boot).
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