Increasing kernel parameters Solaris

Hi,
actually i have these parameters and i need to increase them. Which will be the next values to be entered for those ones. Im using solaris 10 , oracle 10gR2.04.
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=2500
set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=1000
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=1
set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=10
set semsys:seminfo_semmns=2500
Thx

Hi here i have answer for your query
if you want to set kernel parameters on solaris means
open the system file as vi /etc/system
and type the following at the end of file
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=2500
set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=1000
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=1
set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=10
set semsys:seminfo_semmns=2500
save and exit
reboot your system
now your kernel parameters changed
okkkkkk

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: Mark Lee (guest) wrote:
: : I have successfully installed ORACLE on red hat linux 5.0
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file.
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