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Date:	Sat, 29 May 2004 22:56:18 -0400
To:	"Allen H. Nugent" <a DOT nugent AT unsw DOT edu DOT au>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From:	Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: memory limitation for cygwin apps
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At 10:55 PM 5/29/2004, you wrote:
>I have 512 MB RAM but my application (openDX) will not access more than 24 MB (even though its docum'n says it will grab 7/8 of free RAM by default). I have seen postings by other users with different apps (e.g. ImageMagick) that were also limited to 24 MB under cygwin.


Really?  I don't recall seeing such postings.  Do you have some pointers?


>Are there some settings I can tweak so that cygwin will allocate a decent amount of RAM to applications running on it?


I think you need to backup and explain your problem completely.  See:


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