Hi Micheal,
How do I do the switch?
Do I go into the boot.ini file and edit it? If this it the case what should
I write in the file?
A pointer to a webpage telling me how to do it would be greatly appreciated.
I'm still struggling with this problem.
Thanks!
Ada
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> Michael Blasnik
> Sent: 12 September 2005 13:03
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: Re: setting memory on network stata on Windows XP
>
>
> I'm not sure how much this will help, but have you tried
> using the /3GB
> switch in boot.ini? According to MS, this switch will give
> applications up
> to 3GB of memory instead of the usual 2GB limit, but the
> application must be
> set up to take advatage of this (using a flag in the file
> header) and I'm
> not sure if Stata has this setting.
>
> Michael Blasnik
> [email protected]
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ma, Ada" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 7:24 AM
> Subject: st: setting memory on network stata on Windows XP
>
>
> > Hi Statalist,
> >
> > I know this is a v often asked question but I have looked
> around a bit
> > and already installed the patch (Microsoft hotfix 8944472),
> I wonder
> > if there are other things I can do.
> >
> > I'm on a Windows XP with 3GB of memory using STATA 9,
> calling up the
> > STATA program from a network drive. Before I install the patch I
> > could only increase my memory up to 800m, after I have
> installed the
> > patch I can increase to 1400m but still fall v far short
> from the 3GB
> > that's on my computer. I have tried the fix that should
> only apply to
> > users of Windows95/98/NT and alter the system.ini file and still it
> > wouldn't allow me to set mem more than 1400m. Any thoughts?
> >
> > All comments welcome. Thanks a lot in advance!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ada
>
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