topic Error Message in Intel® Fortran Compiler

Error Message

alinerocha — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:57:07 GMT

Hi,
I'm trying to compile a program and when I try to build the solution I got the following error message:

Unable to start program 'path... \giant ref.exe'
Is it a memory error? Because when I try to increase the dimension of my problem this erroroccurs.

Thank you,

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Re: Error Message

Steven_L_Intel1 — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:58:04 GMT

Well, you don't give us much to go on, but your comment on dimensions suggests that your program has grown too big for 32-bit Windows. There is a hard limit of 2GB static code and data in Windows (even in 64-bit Windows). On 64-bit, you can use ALLOCATABLE arrays to get past 2GB.

You might try changing your big array to an ALLOCATABLE and then allocating it to the desired size. If nothing else, you'll get a different error...

Re: Error Message

alinerocha — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:22:34 GMT

Thank you for your advice!
I tried to allocate the arrays, and now I get the following message:

isuficiente virtual memory

I think I need a better computer!

Thak you!

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Re: Error Message

TimP — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:43:13 GMT

If you are running XP 32-bit, the /3GB boot switch gives you some address space available specifically to allocatable arrays. There's a reason why most new computers come with 64-bit Windows now.