On Sat, 07 Sep 2002 19:09:57 -0400, Jim Charter quoth:

> Slime wrote:
>> You're using more photons than your computer can handle. Reduce the
>> total number of photons to as little as is necessary, and *especially*
>> reduce the maximum number of media photons to the minimum necessary.
>> 
> But how can that be?  I would expect the hard disk to start thrashing if
> that was true, but not a error code.
 
Perhaps you've run out of disk space or don't have virtual memory set up
right?  Also, IIRC, photon tracing is fairly quiet in its use of virtual
memory -- the serious thrashing doesn't start until POV-Ray begins
sorting photons.

-- 
Mark

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