hiii, Can anyone tell me what this error means > library(affy) > fns2=list.celfiles(path="C:/rfiles/celfile",full.names=TRUE) > rawdata=ReadAffy(filenames=fns2) Error: cannot allocate vector of size 210.3 Mb In addition: Warning messages: 1: In dimnames(x) <- dn : Reached total allocation of 1021Mb: see help(memory.size) 2: In dimnames(x) <- dn : Reached total allocation of 1021Mb: see help(memory.size) 3: In dimnames(x) <- dn : Reached total allocation of 1021Mb: see help(memory.size) 4: In dimnames(x) <- dn : Reached total allocation of 1021Mb: see help(memory.size) [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 1:48 AM, sneha patil <snp2312 at="" gmail.com=""> wrote: > hiii, > > Can anyone tell me what this error means > > >> library(affy) >> fns2=list.celfiles(path="C:/rfiles/celfile",full.names=TRUE) >> rawdata=ReadAffy(filenames=fns2) > Error: cannot allocate vector of size 210.3 Mb > In addition: Warning messages: > 1: In dimnames(x) <- dn : > ?Reached total allocation of 1021Mb: see help(memory.size) > 2: In dimnames(x) <- dn : > ?Reached total allocation of 1021Mb: see help(memory.size) > 3: In dimnames(x) <- dn : > ?Reached total allocation of 1021Mb: see help(memory.size) > 4: In dimnames(x) <- dn : > ?Reached total allocation of 1021Mb: see help(memory.size) Looks like you have run out of memory. Did you follow the hint to read the help about memory.size? Also, be sure to read the posting guide when posting to the list as your post lacks some useful information (sessionInfo()). Sean