Consecutive RAM

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dingoducks

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Hi,
checked the FAQ and wasn't able to find this there. What is consecutive memory? How does it relate to RAM? For example, if I need .5GB of consecutive memory to run a program, and my computer has 4GB of RAM on a 32-bit windows OS that can only access 2GB of RAM, will I be able to run the program? How do you go about deciding whether or not you can run programs using consecutive memory requirements?
Thanks in advance, and happy holidays!
-dingoducks
 
so i've learned a little bit more about this, maybe someone better informed can fill in the details. I think the software i am using was coded to run at the assembler(?) level; theres no install file and it uses no features of the operating system, drivers etc. A friend told me that this means the program will run blazingly fast, but at the cost of
1) putting lots of things in RAM
2) putting things wherever it wants in RAM, even if important stuff is already there.
So the program might error out if it writes over data windows needs or is using, or if windows tries to write over its data.
Tips I got for trying to run it were, basically, turn off everything else on your CPU and try to run in safe mode with the terminal instead of windows, or, better, use a system with more RAM and a lower-overhead OS like unix. However, I'd still like to know if there is a way to either manually clear a bunch of consecutive space, or estimate how big a consecutive space I can get on a unix OS. Ultimately I'd really like to get 2 to 3 GB consecutive on a 64-bit unix machine with 16 total GB available, or at least know the maximum size consecutive memory I can consistently get, so I can consistently run the freakin program! Anyway, if someone could fill me in on this I'd definitely appreciate it.
Thanks again,
dingoducks
 
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