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[Yves Ferro <yves.ferro@up.univ-mrs.fr>]

No, but this is the same job that I already successfully ran with an  
oldest  version (4.4.4) I would like to update.
I sent this job as a test because I now this problem might happen AIX  
power 4 computers, but I dont know how to solve it.

Le 2 févr. 07 à 18:37, Anglade Pierre-Matthieu a écrit :

> Hi,
> It  may happens on IBM systems that the maximal amount of memory
> available for a single job  is just limited to a small (to very small)
> part of the available memory. Have you checked if you are able to
> allocate a 1GB array (with a small C program for instance) ?
> PMA
>
> On 2/2/07, yves.ferro@up.univ-mrs.fr <yves.ferro@up.univ-mrs.fr>  
> wrote:
> > Dear Abinit users,
> >
> > I know my problem is known on IBM AIX Power 4 computer, however I  
> > looked at the FAQ and did not found a satisfactory answer.
> >
> > I just compiled the 5.2.4 abinit version" on an IBM AIX Power 4  
> > computer.
> > I try to run it (abinis) and get the error message below:
> >
> >
> >
> > ===================================================================== 
> > ===========
> > P This job should need less than                    1339.190  
> > Mbytes of memory.
> >   Rough estimation (10% accuracy) of disk space for files :
> >   WF disk file :   1056.679 Mbytes ; DEN or POT disk file :      
> > 10.127 Mbytes.
> > ===================================================================== 
> > ===========
> >
> >  Biggest array : cg(disk), with   1056.6790 MBytes.
> >
> >  memana : ERROR -
> >   Test failed to allocate an array of   1056.679 Mbytes
> >   It is not worth to continue
> >   Action : modify input variable to fit the available memory,
> >   or increase limit on maximal array size.
> >
> >  leave_new : decision taken to exit ...
> >
> > _____________________________________________________________________ 
> > ___
> >
> >
> >
> > I tried the option -bmxdata:2048000000 as described in the FAQ but  
> > whith no success. However, the makefile has largely been modify  
> > since the answer of the FAQ has been written. May be did I include  
> > it in a wrong place.
> >
> > Does somebody could help me please ?
> >
> > Thank tou very much
> >
> >
> > Yves Ferro
>
>
> --
> Pierre-Matthieu Anglade