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From: laxman on 9 Dec 2009 01:47 Hi All, I am using RedHat linux 4.5. I am unable to login and not able to open files from single user mode i am getting the below message the saying that "/bin/vi : cannot allocate memory" when i open files. Kindly help me with a solution. It is a very critical database server. Regards, Lakshman
From: Seebs on 9 Dec 2009 02:31 On 2009-12-09, laxman <alakshmanrao(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am using RedHat linux 4.5. I am unable to login and not able to open > files from single user mode > i am getting the below message the saying that > "/bin/vi : cannot allocate memory" when i open files. Kindly help me > with a solution. It is a very critical database server. Hard to say. Clearly there's something very deeply busted -- it should be able to do stuff in single-user mode. It's possible that it has WAY too little memory, and no swap, but even then... The practical advice would be: Set up a modern system and migrate your files. Trying to keep something that old running, when something mysterious has gone wrong and you know nothing about troubleshooting, is pointless. -s -- Copyright 2009, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nospam(a)seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated!
From: Kevin Collins on 9 Dec 2009 18:42 On 2009-12-09, Seebs <usenet-nospam(a)seebs.net> wrote: > On 2009-12-09, laxman <alakshmanrao(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I am using RedHat linux 4.5. I am unable to login and not able to open >> files from single user mode >> i am getting the below message the saying that >> "/bin/vi : cannot allocate memory" when i open files. Kindly help me >> with a solution. It is a very critical database server. > > Hard to say. Clearly there's something very deeply busted -- it should > be able to do stuff in single-user mode. It's possible that it has WAY > too little memory, and no swap, but even then... > > The practical advice would be: Set up a modern system and migrate your > files. Trying to keep something that old running, when something mysterious > has gone wrong and you know nothing about troubleshooting, is pointless. I suspect the the OP means RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.5, which is not all that old... Kevin
From: Seebs on 9 Dec 2009 18:48 On 2009-12-09, Kevin Collins <spamtotrash(a)toomuchfiction.com> wrote: > I suspect the the OP means RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.5, which is not all that > old... I'd consider it fairly old; I don't think it's still supported, for instance. That said, the "mysterious stuff going wrong we don't understand" is also a pretty big deal. -s -- Copyright 2009, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nospam(a)seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated!
From: Javi Barroso on 10 Dec 2009 02:48
On Dec 9, 7:47 am, laxman <alakshman...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am using RedHat linux 4.5. I am unable to login and not able to open > files from single user mode > i am getting the below message the saying that > "/bin/vi : cannot allocate memory" when i open files. Kindly help me > with a solution. It is a very critical database server. What 'free' and 'ps aux' tell you when you are in single user mode ? Is nano work there ? Regards, |