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Posted on 01/08/2006 7:41:43 AM PST by texas booster
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To: ken in texas
I'm one of your BOINC to Fold converts, but have noticed that the WinGui client will only use 50% of an otherwise idle Pentium D. Poked around the settings, found a slider moved all the way to the right, but can't get it to use more than half the available resources. Othewise, glad to be aboard.
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posted on
01/08/2006 3:06:01 PM PST
by
j_tull
(Happy New Year!)
To: texas booster
Home from vacation and back folding! Of course, I've only got the one CPU, so I'm kinda down the list, but I'm folding my little heart out...
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posted on
01/08/2006 3:23:05 PM PST
by
prion
(Yes, as a matter of fact, I AM the spelling police)
To: j_tull
The WinGUI is using everything available... you have a processor with Hyper-Thread support. Windows treats it as a second processor, but it's not really a full-blown processor in and of itself. It merely gives the machine the capability to sometimes run two threads simultaneously, plus Windows' reporting of CPU usage is inaccurate or misleading.
Some suggest that you should run two versions of the console program to keep all available thread execution pipelines busy; I'm not in favor of that if you're trying to process work units as quickly as possible.
I posted a more detailed discussion of Hyper-Threading from the F@H support forum here for those that missed it.
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posted on
01/08/2006 3:41:26 PM PST
by
ken in texas
(Can't afford a tagline... please send money.)
To: ken in texas
I'm on my 6th WU. Three have been small, three have been 600 pointers. My graph looks like a yoyo - I fall for the 3 days it takes to put out the 600 pointers.
Interesting stuff.
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posted on
01/08/2006 4:14:10 PM PST
by
FrogMom
To: FrogMom
... My graph looks like a yoyo ...Look at it like investing for retirement... daily value might fluctuate, but over time there's more and more. After a while you should have a fairly predictable daily / weekly average point accumulation to look forward to.
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posted on
01/08/2006 4:23:41 PM PST
by
ken in texas
(Can't afford a tagline... please send money.)
To: kingu
Thanks for the tip on FAHMon. That is exactly what I've been wishing for for use with the console version. I've been dumping the log into Excel and plotting progress and was wondering how to automate the process. This is much better.
You rock!
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posted on
01/08/2006 5:35:54 PM PST
by
HangThemHigh
(Entropy's not what it used to be.)
To: texas booster
please remove me from your ping list, thanks
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posted on
01/08/2006 5:52:42 PM PST
by
fnord
(497 1/2 feet of rope ... I just carry it)
To: texas booster
Hiya Tex.
I have a few really old systems (286, 486, P-II, P-III, P-IV, AMD Athlon) that I might crank up if I can get them configured correctly. I don't want to use Windows because they can't run XP. On the one of them, I plan to run Win 2K as a server (unless I can figure how to set up a server in Linux), and I'd like to use Linux on the others.
The problem is that when I played around with Linux a few years ago, I couldn't find drivers for all the old stuff - lic nic & video cards and don't have time to find them all now (that's why I never really got into Linux).
So, my question to you (and any Penquins out there) is this: What is the latest greatest flavor of Linux (Red Hat, etc) that can recognize and auto load drivers? What simple applications or Lindows will that OS run? Are there any auto scripts available to install? What firewalls and antivirus programs are available for Linux (especially the recommended flavor)?
Oh, yeah - I really don't want to subscribe to any version (like Red Hat requires) - I prefer freeware or shareware (no cost or one time fee).
I don't really have a lot of time to relearn it all, lol, and I don't want to use Win 95 or 98 because of security. (I will network these on a separate node from my everyday systems.)
Thanks for any info that you or anyone else can provide. (Keep in mind that this is a spare time project which may take weeks to complete.)
RT
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posted on
01/08/2006 6:06:05 PM PST
by
RebelTex
(Folding@Home for Team FreeRepublic (Team# 36120) - For more info, search FR keyword: folding)
To: RebelTex
Download and burn onto a CD rom the live CD version of Mepis from
http://www.mepis.org Then boot each of the PCs using the disk - if it finds everything, install it onto the hard drive (or just run it from the CD and use a USB dongle to store the F@H software/files.)
I've resurrected old laptops using this method and it has found virtually every device driver needed, a feat that not even Windows XP SP2 seemed to be able to do.
There are plenty of variations out there, and others might suggest other versions, but that one has worked for me. Actually, I gotta get another copy myself - I just gave away my last live disk to someone who was trying to recover their pictures and documents off of a virus infected PC.
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posted on
01/08/2006 6:33:54 PM PST
by
kingu
To: HangThemHigh
I only rock because someone else put it on the thread as part of the first couple replies a couple posts before. FAHMon rocks!
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posted on
01/08/2006 6:35:47 PM PST
by
kingu
To: kingu; RebelTex
I was gonna use http://www.knoppix.org/ 'cause of it's ablity to boot from a CD but I'll try Mepis. Is one considered better than another?
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posted on
01/08/2006 6:51:52 PM PST
by
Drango
("Complico, ergo sum")
To: Drango
Personal taste, Knoppix works for a lot of folks, but I've just found that Mepis has found and loaded more of the proper drivers. Your mileage may vary.
Depending on your connection, downloading and burning both to CD isn't a bad idea - see which one works best. They're both live CDs, which means they'll boot, run, etc from the CD until you install it.
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posted on
01/08/2006 6:57:10 PM PST
by
kingu
To: RebelTex
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posted on
01/08/2006 7:22:01 PM PST
by
Drango
("Complico, ergo sum")
To: kingu; Drango
Thanks for your quick response.
I'll try both of those and some of the top 10 on separate boxes, then decide which I like.
Just to clarify, the only thing that these boxes will be used for is FAH. The anti-virus and firewall programs are only needed because of required connectivity to FAH.
I'm the ONLY user and my main box is used for business. I'm not a gamer (I would be if I had the time, heheh) and the only surfing I do is mostly FR and Drudge (way too much time on FR, LOL).
Thanks again.
RT
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posted on
01/08/2006 8:09:06 PM PST
by
RebelTex
(Folding@Home for Team FreeRepublic (Team# 36120) - For more info, search FR keyword: folding)
To: texas booster
[05:23:04] Writing local files[05:23:04] Completed 90000 out of 1000000 steps (9)[05:42:30] Writing local files[05:42:30] Completed 100000 out of 1000000 steps (10) Never had a million stepper before. This should be interesting.
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posted on
01/08/2006 10:01:17 PM PST
by
Dundee
(They gave up all their tomorrows for our today’s.)
To: RebelTex; All
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posted on
01/09/2006 7:08:43 AM PST
by
soccer_maniac
(Do some good while browsing FR --> Join Folding@Home Team# 36120: keyword: folding)
To: soccer_maniac
We have a chance to be under # 600 by noon the way we are folding now. Certainly by the 3:00 pm update.
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posted on
01/09/2006 7:39:17 AM PST
by
texas booster
(Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team# 36120))
To: texas booster
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posted on
01/09/2006 8:39:28 AM PST
by
papasmurf
(Join Free Republic Folders. Folding@Home Team # 36120)
To: papasmurf; All
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posted on
01/09/2006 10:53:15 AM PST
by
dfwddr
(Join our Folding@Home team (Team# 36120) keyword:folding.)
To: dfwddr
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posted on
01/09/2006 11:02:28 AM PST
by
soccer_maniac
(Do some good while browsing FR --> Join Folding@Home Team# 36120: keyword: folding)
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