From: xunil@merchantplanet.com ("Robert S. Liesenfeld") Subject: Re: Problems with cygwin32 23 Jun 1997 07:31:11 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Original-To: Arlindo da Silva Original-cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com In-Reply-To: <199706230014.UAA02133@woodmore.gsfc.nasa.gov> Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com > > On Sat, 21 Jun 1997, Robert S. Liesenfeld wrote: > > > > > I just downloaded the Cygnus GNU tools for Win32, and installed them, > > > following the installation instructions to the letter. Whenever I try to > > > run any tool, I get the following error: > > > > > > C:\>sh > > > (unknown) heap_init: unable to allocate heap, win32 error 87 > > > cygwin: terminating > > > > Well, as it turns out, my problem was the fact that I'm trying to run > > these tools on a box with only 16MB of memory. :) > > > > I only have 16 megs on my laptop and also on an ancient 486 and never > had any problems. Are you on win95 or winNT box. > I'm on an NT Workstation 4.0 box; it's an AMD 5x86-133 (thus a 486-class CPU). -R - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".