[BioC] Fwd: Wow, what have I done

[Loren Engrav]

Was pointed out that subject line is not helpful
Maybe was not helpful but was surely a true statement

Started out to "merely" ReadAffy and QCRepot 81 .cel files
Then fell apart with "cannot allocate vector..."
Then tried RAM but the problem was 32 bit
Then tried the old 2.3.1 64bit monster package but it was missing stuff
Then bought big hard drives
Then installed Leopard (easy)
Then installed 64bit R (medium easy)
Then set up tools to install 64bit Bio (not easy)
Then installed 64bit Bio packages

And what is the outcome then?
I can now ReadAffy and QCReport 81 .cel files in 64bit R/Bio
can you believe it?

at the end of the process it was using 5gb real and 9gb virtual RAM

Thank you to all who helped
I will now actually study the QCReport since that was the whole point of
this exercise

What have I learned?
The combined knowledge of the R group is considerable
Emails range from brilliant to incorrect with a touch of "boorish" tossed in
64bit R/Bio is not easy

As for the long discussion of documentation elsewhere

I am no expert on R/Bio documentation but
If there is a goal of bringing in newbies

There could be a web page titled "Newbies Start Here"
Many help documents could benefit from more examples written for/by a newbie
Many help documents might be read by a newbie and translated into
newbie.R.English

Now off to read the QCReport and Christmas

Thanks again for your help completing this, was actually fun, ah well sort
of

-- 
Loren Engrav
Univ Washington
Seattle