Re: Large arrays on 64 bit OS

[Martin Helm]

Am Dienstag, den 05.01.2010, 08:54 -0800 schrieb big-ted: 
> Thanks for the responses guys. Yep, I realised my typo regarding my Ubuntu
> distro and tried to correct it, but somehow the correction isn't showing. I
> have 9.10.
> 
> And yes, I've since realised that I'm running an outdated Fedora OS.
> 
> My array is uint8 and approximately 10^8 elements. It's a little short of
> what MatLab claim the 32 bit version should be capable of, but building
> zeros(1024, 1024, 300) fails, as is the suggested "check" in the link in my
> original post. I've since found out I have access to a 64 bit version of
> MatLab through my University servers. That looks like it's going to serve my
> purpose for now, certainly, it's preferable to re-installing the OS on my 64
> bit machine!
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> 

Use 

a = zeros(1024, 1024, 300, "uint8");

instead, this works without problem on my ubuntu 9.10 machine with a 64
bit OS and a standard octave (3.2).

- mh