Starting VW 7.7.1 with a larger heap

> Hi all,
>
>   I had an image with "LargeMemoryPolicy" installed as policy.
> It used to work fine. Unfortunately, I had to stop it to change something.
> When I try to load it again I get the following error:
>
> VisualWorks(R) 7.7.1 Non-Commercial Jul 26, 2010
> src/mman/mmInit.c:1507
> Error: Can't initialize OldSpace
> Unable to read the image file. File may be truncated.
> VisualWorks(R) 7.7.1 Non-Commercial Jul 26, 2010
> src/mman/mmInit.c:516
> Fatal error.
> Insufficient memory to allocate heap.
>
> Would it be possible to increase the starting memory so that it uses
> the same policy described in the image from the beginning?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Cheers,
>   Alberto
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> The memory policy is likely not involved because, from the VM output,
> the image did not even load.  If the image did not load, then no
> Smalltalk executed, thus the memory policy (which is part of the image)
> did not run either.
>
>  From the messages, though, it looks like the VM had trouble reading the
> image file.  The code reports the image file could be truncated, i.e.:
> some information is missing from it.  Later on, the VM fails to
> initialize this image file reporting there is not enough memory to load
> it.  Thus,
>
> How large is the image file you're trying to load?

> On 6 March 2011 20:08, Andres Valloud<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>> The memory policy is likely not involved because, from the VM output,
>> the image did not even load.  If the image did not load, then no
>> Smalltalk executed, thus the memory policy (which is part of the image)
>> did not run either.
>>
>>   From the messages, though, it looks like the VM had trouble reading the
>> image file.  The code reports the image file could be truncated, i.e.:
>> some information is missing from it.  Later on, the VM fails to
>> initialize this image file reporting there is not enough memory to load
>> it.  Thus,
>>
>> How large is the image file you're trying to load?
>
> It's 950MB ca.
>
>>
>> Where is the image file located?  Is it on a local drive or on remote
>> storage?
>
> It is on the local drive on a Linux machine.
>
> Thank you for replying :)
>
> Alberto
>