[BioC] Wow, what have I done

Marcus G. Daniels mdaniels at lanl.gov
Sat Dec 8 06:40:11 CET 2007


Loren Engrav wrote:
> R(22621,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** error: can't allocate region
> R(22621,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to debug
> R(22621,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** vm_allocate(size=758743040) failed (error
> code=3)
> R(22621,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** error: can't allocate region
> R(22621,0xa000ed88) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to debug
>
> I have 2.5 gb DDR SDRAM in the dual G5 Mac
>
> Is the only answer, buy more RAM?
>   
These sorts of errors tend not to occur with 64 bit software.  Provided 
you don't need to reference all of it, the fact it exceeds your actual 
amount of RAM isn't a cause for a crash or even slowness.   In short, a 
64 bit build of R for Leopard might be a solution.



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