diff -urN 2.4.5ac15/kernel/fork.c 2.4.5ac16/kernel/fork.c
--- 2.4.5ac15/kernel/fork.c	Sat Jun 16 02:05:31 2001
+++ 2.4.5ac16/kernel/fork.c	Tue Jun 19 20:07:28 2001
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 	 * value: the thread structures can take up at most half
 	 * of memory.
 	 */
-	max_threads = mempages / (THREAD_SIZE/PAGE_SIZE) / 2;
+	max_threads = mempages / (THREAD_SIZE/PAGE_SIZE) / 16;
 
 	init_task.rlim[RLIMIT_NPROC].rlim_cur = max_threads/2;
 	init_task.rlim[RLIMIT_NPROC].rlim_max = max_threads/2;