My understanding is that there is a known problem with XP SP2 and Stata 9
(addressing >800 MB), which is felt to be a Microsoft problem. I've heard
rumors of a patch, but have not seen it.
Original Message:
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From: Michael Blasnik [email protected]
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 08:10:59 -0400
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: Re: Windows XP, Stata, and memory
I would try starting Stata right after booting the machine and avoid
running
other programs. If you have many automatically loading programs, try
turning some of that off. The problem is that Stata needs a contiguous
block of memory, not just 1200m (which windows could provide easily).
There
may be some memory mangement utilities that can help drop unneded stuff out
of memory and/or reorganize memory (?). Just now I allocating mem on my
similarly configured machine (XP SP2, 2G) and Stata was able to allocate
1400m. Usually I can get about 1000m - 1300m. If I've been using the
machine all day, then the limit is sometimes as little as 850m.
Michael Blasnik
[email protected]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pierre Azoulay" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 7:53 AM
Subject: st: Windows XP, Stata, and memory
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to estimate a linear fixed effects model using dummy
> variables and not xtreg (don't ask why...I just need to :-)). With
> 4000 units in the panel, I need lots of memory.
>
> My computer is running Windows XP SP2 with two gigabytes of RAM, along
> with Stata 9.
> The problem is that I cannot seem to be able to assign more memory to
> stata than about 800 MB. For example:
>
> . set mem 1200m
> op. sys. refuses to provide memory
> r(909);
>
> Is there any way around this problem? I thought windows XP needed
> 500MB to work comfortably. So in theory, set mem 1200m should not be
> a problem. Any suggestions? (please, don't tell me "use linux").
>
> Regards,
>
> Pierre
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