Take a look at Windows FAQ 2.9. Following the instructions there, I was able to make WinXP use at least 3GB of RAM (physical RAM installed) with Rgui.exe.
-Christos Christos Hatzis, Ph.D. Nuvera Biosciences, Inc. 400 West Cummings Park Suite 5350 Woburn, MA 01801 Tel: 781-938-3830 www.nuverabio.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 3:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [R] Memory Limits in Ubuntu Linux > > I am an R user trying to get around the 2Gig memory limit in > Windows, so here I am days later with a working Ubuntu, and R > under Ubuntu. But - the memory problems seem worse than ever. > R code that worked under windows fails, unable to allocate memory. > > Searching around the web, it appears that the problem may be > the ability to find contguous memory for my big vectors, but > a fresh boot of Ubuntu does not help either. > > Which way to go? > > 1) Try to install 64-bit version for bigger address space. > Would this help? Is this workable for my Athlon 64 Dual-core? > (the live cd seems to work but I never got it to boot after a > disk install, but then the 386 version was no better until I > learned more about Grub...I could try again if this might solve the > problem) > > 2) Recompile R to get bigger memory capability? (I'll have to > cross-post to some R forums too) This will be a challenge for > a Linux newbie...like me. > > 3) Any other suggestions? My goal is to create a bigger > neural network than fits in my Windows R version. > -- > David Katz > www.davidkatzconsulting.com > 541 482-1137 > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
