Hi,

Seemed to have solved the problem - thanks for your help, especially Jeff
Jenness and Forrest Sims.

Seems that the NT equilivanet of <config.dos> is
<systemroot\\system32\config.nt> - try adding the line 'files = 255' to this
file in a text editor (or change the existing value - mine was 20.) Make
sure you change the one at the system root, not the one NT keeps for a
backup.

Regards,
GREG...



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Greg Cocks wrote:

> Hi List,
>
> I am stretching my PC / workstation a little inside ArcView and am
> getting the the "No Free Channels" message.
>
> I looked this up in the Help and got the message pasted below - problem
> is my PC is a SGI Visual Workstation and there is no <config.dos>
>
> SGI's site is not that well laid out and I could find no answer there
> after an hour looking.
>
> Anybody got any suggestions?
>
> Regards,
> GREG...
>
> --------------------------------
> "No Free Channels
>
> In most cases, channels refers to the number of file handles available
> for the system to use, as statically declared memory.
> On Windows, the number of file descriptors is set in your CONFIG.DOS
> (see its FILES line). By increasing the descriptors, you can increase
> the number of channels as well.
> On some UNIX platforms you can alter the number of descriptors using the
> limit command from a UNIX prompt, for example:
>
> % limit descriptors 128
>
> You may need root privileges to perform this action. If you are also
> using ARC/INFO, you should check its installation and system
> documentation before making this change.
> If you alter the number of descriptors on Windows, you will need to
> reboot your machine for the new value to take affect."