> From: Joel Pitt > > Roger D. Peng wrote: > > > The problem is not with R; the problem is with Windows, as > well as the > > x86 architecture. You'll never really be able to access > more than 3GB > > of physical memory (for a single process). Accessing more than 4GB > > requires a 64 bit processor. > > > > -roger > > Alternatively, if you move to Linux you could compile a kernel with > support for large amounts memory (>4GB) which doesn't require > a 64 bit processor.
I don't think so. We have a Xeon with 8GB of RAM running a custom-compiled kernel with the large memory support. The kernel does see 8GB, but a single R process cannot go beyond 3GB. OTOH our Opteron box has no such problem. Andy > Joel > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments,...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
