R help - Jun 2004 - Large addresses (Rgui.exe editing)

I'm running R under a 32-bit Win2003 Server with 24 Go RAM ...
I read the FAQ and found that I have to edit my boot.ini file with the 
"/PAE" switch; Done.
I noticed also that I have to set the R image header with the flag 
"/LARGEADDRESSAWARE", but to do this I need Microsoft Visual Studio
6.0
software that I do not have ... Because Pr Ripley clearly mentionned the 
steps to follow in the rw-FAQ, I'm wonderring whether someone has already 
edited the R executable in that way, and thus could share this "new exe 
file" with others ??
Many thanks !

It's undesirable to need Visual Studio (I suspect later versions than 6
also work), and Duncan Murdoch wrote some standalone code to do this which
he may be willing to share (but he is away until next week).

Meanwhile I have put edited .exe's for rw1091 at

http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/EditedEXEs.zip

but will not leave them there for ever.

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004, Franck Siclon wrote:
> I'm running R under a 32-bit Win2003 Server with 24 Go RAM ...
> I read the FAQ and found that I have to edit my boot.ini file with the 
> "/PAE" switch; Done.
> I noticed also that I have to set the R image header with the flag 
> "/LARGEADDRESSAWARE", but to do this I need Microsoft Visual
Studio 6.0
> software that I do not have ... Because Pr Ripley clearly mentionned the 
> steps to follow in the rw-FAQ, I'm wonderring whether someone has
already
> edited the R executable in that way, and thus could share this "new
exe
> file" with others ??
> Many thanks !
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