malloc failure - is there some way to allocate a bigger heap/whatever?

I'm trying to allocate memory for a huge global array of structs, but it's apparently hitting some internal limit. Compiler (Dev-C/MinGW) wouldn't compile it with a default size set, and malloc after program load fails. What do I do to get access to more memory? I have 2 gigs of RAM, mostly free, so it shouldn't be an issue of physical memory.

edit: I'm trying to cut down on the amount of memory I'll need. I'd still like to know some specifics about these limitations.

How much are you trying to get?

If you have 2GB of memory, and you have an operating system running, plus an editor or IDE, you don't have 2GB available.

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Originally Posted by Dino

How much are you trying to get?

If you have 2GB of memory, and you have an operating system running, plus an editor or IDE, you don't have 2GB available.

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That's obvious.

I guess I was trying to get more than I thought though. I've got it down to 40 meg or so and it's working.

If you are on UNIX then you are hitting either the max stack size or max data size limit depending on whether the large array of structs is defined within a function or not.