[R] how to allocate more memory?

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 12/09/2013 07:00, David Winsemius wrote:
>
> On Sep 11, 2013, at 5:05 PM, Ramona Lall wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am running mixed model on a large dataset and I get the following
>> warning messages:
>> "Reached total allocation of 1535Mb: see help(memory.size)"
>> and
>> "Calloc could not allocate memory (705648 of 8 bytes)"
>>
>> How do I get around this?
>
> You should describe your situation in greater detail. Consult the
> Posting Guide for specifics.
>
Indeed, but (s)he is on Windows and this is covered in the rw-FAQ at 
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html (also mentioned 
in the posting guide).

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