Setting Kernel parameters permanently in Red hat Enterprise Linux Every time the system boots, the ‘/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit‘ script is executed by init process. This shell script contains a call to sysctl command and reads the values from /etc/sysctl.conf file as the ones to be set Therefore, any...
There are two primary modes of operation of the microprocessor architecture: Long mode (lm) and Legacy mode. Long mode is used by 64-bit operating systems. It combines the processor’s native 64-bit mode and a 32-bit/16-bit compatibility mode. Under this mode, 64-bit, 32-bit and 16-bit applications may...
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by Ramdev · Published December 6, 2021
1. How Do I Load a Kernel Module on System Start-up? ( RHEL5/6) 2. What is the technical differences between a normal SMP kernel and a hugemem kernel? 3. How to specify a ‘default’ boot kernel type for a RHEL? 4. How to update RHEL kernel ?...
EMail Posts / Linux Admin / Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / Redhat Linux Kernel
by Ramdev · Published July 23, 2021
What is the meaning of a Linux System Crash? Crash is a generic term used usually to say that the system has come to halt and no progress is observed. The system seems unresponsive or has already rebooted. Kernel Panic – A voluntary halt to...
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by Ramdev · Published September 1, 2015 · Last modified September 19, 2019
Booting Tasks Read – Unexpected Server Reboots of RHEL servers on HP Read – Linux Admin Reference – RedHat Linux Grub Loader Storage Responsibilities Read – Understand Device Mapper and DM-Multipath Read – Identifying Disk Errors in Linux Read – Identify if linux was installed on...
This is continuation post to our earlier kernel panic reference post ( Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 – Kernel Panic and System Crash – Troubleshooting Quick Reference ) where we have discussed several types of kernel panic issues and their reasons. And in this post I will be...
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by Ramdev · Published March 17, 2022
There are numerous occasions when a crash dump can be a valuable source of information when troubleshooting a system. The most common times are a system hang or a system panic. Under Solaris[TM] on both SPARC(R) and x86 platforms, the mechanisms for getting a crash dump...
Linux Admin / Linux Performance / Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / Redhat Linux Kernel / Unix Intermediate
by Ramdev · Published April 3, 2021
What is Page cache ? When a user process reads or writes a file, it is actually modifying a copy of that file in main memory. The kernel creates that copy from the disk and writes back changes to it when necessary. The memory taken up...
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by Ramdev · Published May 3, 2011 · Last modified August 5, 2016
The internal state of a kernel based on Unix can provide valuable information on current system state. If a user process, or the kernel, is hanging, then the more information that can be gathered at that point, the greater the chance of a good diagnosis. Under...
Linux Admin / Linux Networking / Redhat Linux Kernel
by Ramdev · Published March 25, 2014 · Last modified July 2, 2015
This article will introduce several Tunable Parameters, that we can customize for Network Tuning purpose in Redhat Enterprise Linux.
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