malloc() over 4Gb

[James Van Artsdalen]

> From: ml at fruitbat.demon.co.uk
> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:00:39 +0000
> 
> I went out and bought the box and it does indeed seem to malloc() over
> 4Gb. However, if you change the allocation from 7*GB to 8*GB in your
> sample program, it still keels over inside malloc()!
> 
> Do you know if there's any sort of 8Gb clamp in this OS?! Cheers!

What does ulimit -d say?