Update Mac installation guide

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John Nelson 2014-11-28 15:49:47 +00:00
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@ -23,33 +23,11 @@ has to be increased. You can check the current allocation on your Mac by typin
If your shmmax is already at least 33554432 (32 MB) then you can close the Terminal
window and skip the next steps and go to (NEXT).
You now have to increase the shared memory allocation. To view this file use TextEdit
to open sysctl.conf.
This will show:
kern.hostname=yourcomputername.local
kern.sysv.shmmax=33554432
kern.sysv.shmmin=1
kern.sysv.shmmni=128
kern.sysv.shmseg=32
kern.sysv.shmall=8192
You must now replace yourcomputername.local with the exact name of your computer.
To find this use the Terminal window and type:
sysctl -a | grep hostname
and will find your computer name. Now use TextEdit to replace yourcomputername.local
in this file with the output from this command, including the .local at the end. Save
the file.
Now move this file into place for the system to use by typing: (Note this assumes that
you really did drag this file to your Desktop as required earlier.)
cd $HOME/Desktop
sudo cp sysctl.conf /etc/
sudo cp $HOME/Desktop/sysctl.conf /etc/
sudo chmod 664 /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo chown root:wheel /etc/sysctl.conf