--- Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Debian, Whom?
> echo `expr $(*blockdev --getsize* $DEVICE) \* $(blockdev --getss > $DEVICE)` > > I am no script whiz and all I was trying to do is figure the HD size, That's why there's the 'du' command. > Has anybody seen an explanation of the oom-killer parameters for the > quick-start witted? It would be nice if you got some sort of prior > warning. But maybe that script tried to allocate everything. In this > case though it would have been better just to kill bash. It happens when a resource is out of control. The OOM-killer steps in to preserve the kernel, since without that, nothing runs. -- Thomas Adam "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Model Search 2005 - Find the next catwalk superstars - http://uk.news.yahoo.com/hot/model-search/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
