[Coco] Starting DW4

[Richard E. Crislip]

On Monday, March 26, 2012 01:21:22 AM Robert Gault wrote:
> Aaron Wolfe wrote:
> > Sometimes the default memory limit on Java VMs is very small.  To fix,
> > edit the file DW4UI.sh and allocate yourself enough ram to hold the
> > image + 8MB for DW itself.
> > 
> > You will see a line like:
> > 
> > java -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -jar DW4UI.jar --backup&
> > 
> > Change this to:
> > 
> > java -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -Xmx256m  -jar DW4UI.jar --backup&
> > 
> > for instance to allocate 256mb.  This doesn't mean it will necessarily
> > use 256mb, just that it can if it needs to.  You can view memory use
> > with the same dw s st command or via the graph on the server tab.
> 
> That has not been necessary on my Windows XP system. Both DW3 and the
> current DW4 will work with the .vhd disks used with MESS and VCC without
> changing anything.
> 
> =======
> 
> Richard,
> 
> Are you referring to the .vhd disk on the VCC site? If so, are you
> interested in the NitrOS-9 section or the Disk Basic section of the .vhd
> images?
> 
> Once you solve your size problem, you will need to do some fiddling to get
> the .vhd images to work the way they do with VCC or MESS.
> 
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Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give  that a shot this weekend. I really have 
little time for my poor ole CoCo durng the week 8_( <sniff> It is all I can do 
to get up with the list. <sigh>.