Hi,
I had similar problem with large databases. I used the following trick:
A Gzip compressed file (e.g. filename.pgn.gz) can be used with pgnscid
conversion utility.
So
1) first compress your PGN database
gzip database.pgn
2) and then run
pgnscid database.pgn.gz
Mikhail Kalenkov.
2008/7/28 Bogdan Burlacu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Hi everyone!
>
> I am having a bit of a problem with scid... when trying to convert/open
> a 2gb pgn file:
> - when I use pgnscid in a terminal, it starts converting but fails
> at some point, saying "bus error"
> - when I try to open that file in scid, it shows the progress bar
> and then it crashes, probably when it reaches the same point as pgnscid
>
> I have a t7300 cpu, and 2gb of ram, and more than 150gb free harddisk
> space.
>
> Any clues on this?
>
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