Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 9 Apr 1999 10:03:08 +0100 (GMT) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: 2GB malloc impossible ? |
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Hi Mike.
>> If you're going to allocate your entire 2G of ram as a program >> data area, where do you expect the program to live - or the >> kernel itself, come to that?
>> I would suspect that's the space occupied by the kernel image >> and whatever programs you're running at the time...
> He ran out after 1.3GB. I haven't seen many 700MB kernels > floating around lately.
True - but my first comment still stands, it's not possible to malloc one's entire RAM without discarding the kernel, various daemons and the like...
Best wishes from Riley.
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