New folding sticky - thoughts?

Yeah, VMs are definitely worth mentioning as people will ask.

I might do the PS3 guide first amongst some jobs to do around the house. The OSX guide is a bit more meaty and will take longer.

Are we submitting guides straight into this thread? I'm going to write mine in plain text, and then mark up at the end. It'll make things a bit easier if it eventually gets put on a webserver (can make screenshots bigger and more detailed that way)

I'll email SB about the status of his host and ask him if he's willing to make some amendments and additions.
 
I'm going to host my diskless guide on my host so I can host some if needs be :)

Will be hosting as basic html for the time being, I need to revamp my site :)
 
Yes, submit your contributions straight to this thread. We'll sort 'em out better that way.

EDIT: Screenshots should be no larger than 750 x 480 for viewing on a 1024 x 768 screen without distorting the page. To get your windows to the right size before you take the screenshot I find that the easiest method is pull up an image that is of the desired dimensions, line up an edge of your window over the image, stretch or shrink the window until the other side lines up with the other edge of the image. Do the same with the window's other dimension. It's fairly ghetto but it does the job.

Please save all screenshots as .png. Crappy MS Paint jpeg compression makes baby Jesus cry.

EDIT2: Use this is you like:
 
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Guide to running Folding@Home on the Sony PlayStation 3

Guide to running Folding@Home on the Sony PlayStation 3
content by theheyes

What You’ll Need

  • A PlayStation 3 Console
  • A working Internet connection - wired or wireless
  • Enough hard drive space. Typically anything over 150mb should suffice.

Setting up the Client

This guide assumes you have enough space on the hard drive and a working Internet connection. To test your Internet connection open the PS3 web browser and navigate to a site - http://folding.stanford.edu/ for example. If you cannot access any site or receive errors, please consult your PlayStation 3 user guide or your router documentation.

Getting Started

Switch on the PS3 and download the PlayStation 3 Folding@Home client by navigating to the NETWORK icon and choosing Folding@Home. Read the description and press OK.

The PlayStation will then ask you if you wish to download the client software. Select YES. The client software will then download. The file is 50mb in size.

After the client finishes downloading, it will automatically install. Once you see the message INSTALL COMPLETE press the CIRCLE button to return you to the PS3 navigation menu. Select the Folding@Home icon.

You may now be prompted to download a newer version of Folding@Home. Press OK. The updated client will now download. When the download is complete the console will prompt you, press OK and wait for the update to install. Press OK once more to restart the application.

Start Folding@home again and OK any messages that may appear. You will see a Loading... notice while the client loads. When prompted by the license agreement select ACCEPT.

You should now see a Folding@home menu with a globe rotating in the background. Select GO TO SIMULATION ALREADY IN PROGRESS. This will give you a graphical view of the simulation in progress. You will notice in the top right corner your NAME and TEAM have default settings. We will now change them.

Configuring the client

Press TRIANGLE on your controller to bring up the menu box. Select IDENTITY from the list and choose CHANGE DONOR NAME. Type your name carefully into the box and press START.

Now choose JOIN AN EXISTING TEAM from the menu. Enter the number 10.

You will now notice the information in the top right of your display shows the updated information. Congratulations - your PS3 is now folding for you and OcUK. Take time to explore the various options the PS3 Folding@home client offers.

Quitting the PlayStation 3 Client

To quit the PS3 client, simply press CIRCLE and select YES when prompted. The client will then quit and return you to the PS3 home screen. Do not simply power off the PS3 as the current work unit can become corrupted if the client is accessing the hard drive.

Useful Information about the PS3 Client

  • The original PS3 consumed approximately 200 watts while folding. Newer PS3s consume less than 150 watts thanks to the new 65nm Cell processor.
  • The PS3 folding 24 hours per day generates approximately 900 points/day.
  • Users running 24/7 may want to look at ADVANCED mode which can be selected from the menu. Advanced mode allows the client to download experimental work units. As far as I’m aware this mode does not lead to a significant increase in PPD, and Stanford only recommend it to users running the console for 8 hours or more.
  • Another feature worth mentioning is Auto-Shutdown. Select SETTINGS from the menu and choose AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN. You can specify a time or simply select After Current work unit.
 
My hosting is fine and I am able to make any changes necessary.

I should still have the templates for the guide website so any new info can be easily added - in fact I remember making myself an editing page so I could add new data easily.

I will dig it all out and check it is working and I can give someone access to it. Obviously if something goes **** up I can help sort it out.

theHeyes tells me my guide is still pretty much accurate [I am guessing links/software versions are what's out of date] so rather than someone telling me what is wrong, it would be easier to let someone else make the changes themselves.

For obvious reasons I would rather only give one, maybe 2 people access to it. Put forth two names and if I think you're trustworthy I shall set up some passwords for you. I should point out I am a little rusty at my PHP/Hosting management so you might have to bear with me once you decide who is going to make updates.

If the whole site needs rearranging then I am happy to do that myself.

Oh, and hi everyone! :D
 
Hi guys!

As complete noob to the whole Folding thing, a new guide might be nice. Split it up by OS and make sure you say about the beta clients. I installed the standard one, and thought it odd that it was only using 25% of my CPU. I thought it even more odd that the client lists November 2004 as the compile date. I wondered if the whole project was out dated etc.

I think Linux people would probably be okay (and perhaps prefer) doing it their own way, but lazy windows users might benefit from a short and simple, quick guide.
 
Well I don't think I'm going to be doing a diskless guide now. Its a great little program when it works, but after stoping and starting a VM with it on its now killed two WUs again :( I've installed ubuntu on a VM and will be using that from now on.

The guide that SiriusB worked fine for me :)
 
I don't know if this is a good idea or not, but I'll throw it up in the air anyway. I saw on the BBC this morning a really simple wiki site. I was thinking it could be useful at this stage as a content management system. For simplicity the wiki I quickly made allows anyone to edit the pages, all you need is a wetpaint account. Here is the page I put on:

http://ocukguides.wetpaint.com/page/PS3+Client+Guide

You'll see in the top right there is a "Join this Wiki" button which prompts you to sign up for an account. After that anyone can add and edit any page. It might be easier to "peer review" guides this way as anyone can edit spelling mistakes etc. there and then.

If you think this will confuse the process, say so, it's cool. It was just an idea and it only took me a few minutes. :)

Once we had all the content ready then we could transfer it to a dedicated host.
 
I thought the whole idea of this project was to have it stuck at the top of this forum, replacing the out-dated version that's currently there.
 
Yeah it can go there, but if anyone wants to make changes to something submitted by someone else they can't do it there and then. Like I say if its a bad idea just can it.
 
I recently reloaded two of my Linux Boxes and would be happy to assist with a Linux 64Bit Server Installation How too. I'm looking at going to CF or USB as the HD (Mostly as a learing experience / knowledge thing), but wanted to work out the Wirless bugs first, which I believe I've cracked now.

Here's what I have done thus far:
--> XUbuntu 7.10 Alternative Command-Line-Only Install. Upgraded to 8.04
--> Working on a 2GB USB Key Install. Should be less once I figure out how to strip it down.
--> Wireless was / is a pain, but think I've go it down to about 10 steps or so now using Ndiswrapper. Running 128-Bit WEP encryption. Have 4 More Boxes to do, so have plenty of DeBug room.
--> Use Samba for a Windows Share to Allow FaHMON to do it's thing
--> openssh-server install to allow for SSH to I can do everything from WinDoze.
--> finstall for all FAH installation
--> All Post Wilress Installation & Updates are from WinDoze SSH (Putty) terminal (No GUI).

I'm looking for a Bash Script Guru to work on a generic Post Server Install script to do all the bits & bobs after the base install.

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