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From: Pierre Tremblay <trep@cim.mcgill.ca>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: process table size/process memory size
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 14:00:09 -0500
Organization: McGill University
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We own a copy of BSD/OS 2.1.  We seem to run out of space
in the process table from time to time.  What is the limit
for the number of processes for BSD/OS 2.1?  Also, what is
the per-process memory size limit?  Do I have any control
over these limits?

E-mail answers welcomed!

Pierre