Suite Fatal error: Out of memory Step 9 going from 3.8.4 to 4.0.2
 

I am testing an upgrade for a site that was running 3.8.4 -- trying to move it to 4.0.2 in test before I do it in production. I have also submitted a support ticket on this. It is dying at step 9. (albums/pictures)

I am getting the following error at step 9.

Step 9) Albums System Alterations

Moving picture 1045 into the Attachment System


Fatal error: Out of memory (allocated 8126464) (tried to allocate 2813197 bytes) in /home/davidan/public_html/vbtest/forums/includes/class_core.php on line 2298


I have followed every piece of information I have been able to find on the forums to solve this with no luck. The good news is I am doing this on a test bed right now as we have a 800 MB DB and a high volume site that I want to make sure this works in test before doing production. Max memory in PHP on the server (Hostgator) is 64 MB ... I cannot make it any higher than that. I have disabled all hacks in the config.php file with the following

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

I also disabled all hacks as well prior to starting from the admin control panel.
I restart the script and it still gets error at this same spot ...



any ideas?