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Dear all, In my attempt to run the below modelling command in R 2.7.0 under windows XP (4GB RAM with /3GB switch set) I receive the following error: Error: cannot allocate vector of size 1.5 Gb I have searched a bit and have tried adding: --max-mem-size=3071M to the command line (when set to 3G I get the error that 3072M is too much) I also run: > memory.size() [1] 11.26125 > memory.size(max=T) [1] 13.4375 Modelling script: model.females <- quote(gamlss(WAZ11~cs(sqrtage,df=12)+country, sigma.formula=~cs(sqrtage,df=3)+country,...

...ndows-speak the "commit charge" is all the memory allocated by system, drivers, applications etc.). Machine characteristics Processor: Pentium-D 4GB of installed memory (Task Manager reports 3584MB = 4GB - 512MB total memory) Windows booted with /3GB switch R started with --max-mem-size=3071M memory.limit() as reported by R: 3071 My questions are: 1. When it starts, does R ask the system to allocate memory for it in a single chunk? 2. Can R allocate memory either side of the system-preallocated memory in the middle of address space? Best wishes David Max -- View this message in cont...

...ndows-speak the "commit charge" is all the memory allocated by system, drivers, applications etc.). Machine characteristics Processor: Pentium-D 4GB of installed memory (Task Manager reports 3584MB = 4GB - 512MB total memory) Windows booted with /3GB switch R started with --max-mem-size=3071M memory.limit() as reported by R: 3071 My questions are: 1. When it starts, does R ask the system to allocate memory for it in a single chunk? 2. Can R allocate memory either side of the system-preallocated memory in the middle of address space? Best wishes David Max -- View this message in cont...