32-bit Java application will not start on 32-bit OS due to insufficient virtual address space

Issue

• JBoss will not start.

• OutOfMemoryError in server.log:

      Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
              at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
              at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:131)
              at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:150)
              at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:114)
              at org.jboss.virtual.plugins.context.zip.ZipFileWrapper.ensureZipFile(ZipFileWrapper.java:173)
              at org.jboss.virtual.plugins.context.zip.ZipFileWrapper.openStream(ZipFileWrapper.java:211)
              at org.jboss.virtual.plugins.context.zip.ZipEntryContext.openStream(ZipEntryContext.java:1084)
              at org.jboss.virtual.plugins.context.zip.ZipEntryHandler.openStream(ZipEntryHandler.java:154)
              at org.jboss.virtual.VirtualFile.openStream(VirtualFile.java:241)
              at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deployUrl(Ejb3Deployment.java:666)
              at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deploy(Ejb3Deployment.java:630)
              at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.create(Ejb3Deployment.java:507)
              at org.jboss.ejb3.deployers.Ejb3Deployer.deploy(Ejb3Deployer.java:182
  

• The JVM outputs the following error to standard out:

      Error occurred during initialization of VM
      Could not reserve enough space for object heap
      Could not create the Java virtual machine.
  

• OutOfMemoryError in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 5 in server.log:

      Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
              at java.util.zip.Inflater.init(Native Method)
              at java.util.zip.Inflater.<init>(Inflater.java:83)
              at java.util.zip.ZipFile.getInflater(ZipFile.java:266)
              at java.util.zip.ZipFile.getInputStream(ZipFile.java:212)
  

• Getting Java Heap Space issue while trying to install Fuse Service Works on to Windows PC. But I get a out of heap space error as above. I have installed JDK 1.7 32 bit.