--- 2.4.10pre11aa1/kernel/fork.c.~1~	Tue Sep 18 15:39:51 2001
+++ 2.4.10pre11aa1/kernel/fork.c	Tue Sep 18 16:01:40 2001
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 	 * value: the thread structures can take up at most half
 	 * of memory.
 	 */
-	max_threads = mempages / (THREAD_SIZE/PAGE_SIZE) / 16;
+	max_threads = mempages / (THREAD_SIZE/PAGE_SIZE) / 4;
 
 	init_task.rlim[RLIMIT_NPROC].rlim_cur = max_threads/2;
 	init_task.rlim[RLIMIT_NPROC].rlim_max = max_threads/2;