HP-UX 11i Version 1 Installation and Update Guide, June 2004

Known Problems and Troubleshooting
Install Known Problems
Appendix B 165
Install Known Problems
“Kernel size is very large” Warning During
Cold-Install
During a cold-install, the following warning message may appear in your
swagent.log:
WARNING: Kernel size is very large. The kernel may not boot or
may show decreased performance in small memory systems.
Actual kernel size: 33118076 bytes
* Build_Kernel: Complete
* Boot_From_Client_Disk: Begin
* Rebooting machine as expected.
What To Do Please disregard the above warning, the check for the kernel size limit
incorrectly uses the 32MB value instead of the 64MB value supported on
HP-UX 11i v1. PHKL_27447 will correctly set the kernel size limit that
gets checked during the creation of new HP-UX 11i v1 kernels.
System Console "kthread table full" or "fork failed"
Messages
NOTE This section was modified in the March 2003 release to reflect how the
maxusers tunable value varies depending on the type of system you
have.
After a successful cold install, the system starts displaying console
messages such as kthread table full or fork failed console. These
messages are also logged in /var/adm/syslog.log.
This is caused by the maxusers kernel tunable not set at high enough
value.
How Do You Know
if This Affects You
An example of what you might see is the following message logged onto
the system console:
kthread: table is full