Hi Manuel, Look at your memory.limit() and run R with '--mem-max=' option
Try also to use the simpler netCDF library Antonio > -----Mensaje original----- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] nombre de Manuel Gutierrez > Enviado el: viernes, 21 de enero de 2005 10:03 > Para: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > Asunto: [R] memory and swap space in ncdf > > > I've a linux system with 2Gb of memory which is not > enough for reading a 446Mb netcdf file using ncdf: > library(ncdf) > ncold <- open.ncdf("gridone.grd") > Error: cannot allocate vector of size 1822753 Kb > > When I look at the free memory in my system I can see > that none of the Swap space is being used by R. > I am a newbie in linux and R, I've read the Memory > help pages but still have some questions: > can I use the swap space in R to solve my problem of > lack of memory? > if not, are there any ways to read the data apart from > buying more RAM? > Thanks, > M > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
