I am running R in 32 bit mode because I have Windows XP. I wasn't aware
that Windows XP can run 64 bit mode. I should look into this.

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Steve Lianoglou <
mailinglist.honeypot@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Are you running R in 32 or 64 bit mode?
> What is the value of `.Machine$sizeof.pointer` when you punch that
> into your R workspace?
> Also, please provide output of sessionInfo()
>
> -steve
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Desiree Wilson
> <desiree.s.wilson@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello everyone. How are you all doing?
> >
> > My name is Desiree. I'm a 1st grad student experiencing problems reading
> 27
> > CEL files into R using the ReadAffy command. The total size of these
> files
> > are 350 Mb. Here are my commands:
> >
> >> library(affy) # loads the "Affy" package
> >> library(limma) # loads the "Limma" package
> >> setwd("path directory to the CEL files")
> >>mydata<-ReadAffy( ) # reads all of the CEL files in my work directory
> >
> > But after I run the last command, I get the following error message:
> > Error: cannot allocate vector of size 279.1 Mb
> > In addition: Warning messages:
> > 1: In `rownames<-`(`*tmp*`, value = c("1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6",  :
> >  Reached total allocation of 1535Mb: see help(memory.size)
> > 2: In `rownames<-`(`*tmp*`, value = c("1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6",  :
> >  Reached total allocation of 1535Mb: see help(memory.size)
> > 3: In `rownames<-`(`*tmp*`, value = c("1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6",  :
> >  Reached total allocation of 1535Mb: see help(memory.size)
> > 4: In `rownames<-`(`*tmp*`, value = c("1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6",  :
> >  Reached total allocation of 1535Mb: see help(memory.size)
> >
> > I've done it before on the same computer (specs: Lenovo Think with Intel
> > Core 2 Quad CPU Q9400 @2.66GHz, 3.00 of RAM, Microsoft Windows XP
> > Professional Version 2002).
> >
> > I've read previous posts and I will admit that the solutions offered are
> > very hard for me to understand (I am a beginner). I have tried using the
> > "memory.limit(size=3000)" command and then run the "ReadAffy()" command
> > again but I still get the same error message. Any suggestions would be
> > greatly appreciated.
> > --Desiree Wilson
> >
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> Steve Lianoglou
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