Parp!

Yep. Uses 4.5gb of ram and takes nearly three days per unit, so that points aren't as unjust as they first seem. Had my first out-of-ram crash in weeks earlier.

Shame the other people on these boards running 4ghz i7's aren't doing the same.
 
JonJ678 said:
And I'm gradually coming for you dekez, current prediction is 5 days. Good luck
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Arrgh! :eek: No way I'm going to be able to hold off the mega units!

Going to try to set up the SMP in VMware tonight for Q6600, installed win 7 last night and was trying to install VMware but for some reason I'm not receiving the activation emails, tried 2 email accounts and still no luck. :(

I'll try again tonight, if I can get that going I may be able to make you wait another week :)
 
dekez said:
Arrgh! :eek: No way I'm going to be able to hold off the mega units!

Going to try to set up the SMP in VMware tonight for Q6600, installed win 7 last night and was trying to install VMware but for some reason I'm not receiving the activation emails, tried 2 email accounts and still no luck. :(

I'll try again tonight, if I can get that going I may be able to make you wait another week :)
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Give Virtualbox a try, that's what I'll be using on my next install instead of VMWare :) Jon has had success with it, it can also use more than 2 core per VM.
 
Happy said:
Give Virtualbox a try, that's what I'll be using on my next install instead of VMWare :) Jon has had success with it, it can also use more than 2 core per VM.
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Just installing Ubuntu 64 on to virtualbox now, amazing these virtual environments! Never used them before and well impressed, perfect for playing around :D

Could anyone please post me the link to setting up SMP in virtual linux environment, I saw it the other day, I think it was a guide by Sir-les-MP but can't seem to find it again? Cheers

edit: found it!
 
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dekez said:
Just installing Ubuntu 64 on to virtualbox now, amazing these virtual environments! Never used them before and well impressed, perfect for playing around :D

Could anyone please post me the link to setting up SMP in virtual linux environment, I saw it the other day, I think it was a guide by Sir-les-MP but can't seem to find it again? Cheers

edit: found it!
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The guide was actually written by SirusB im just hosting the site for the good of the forum. www.sir-les-mp.f2s.com will take you there
 
You can run the virtualbox at low priority in windows, should leave the host OS usable. The various guides around work well enough, I used to use the one hosted at the top of this forum. The script does it all for you really.

Otherwise, from the directory you put the fah6 file in, run
Code: 
 ./fah6 -smp 3 -configonly
to set up your name and so forth, then
Code: 
 ./fah6 -smp 3
whenever you want it to run. It doesn't do polite things like stop folding when you reboot, but it's as simple as you could possibly ask for. The number is how many cores it'll use. I'll find you the link for fahmon. Fahmon here., this is the version I'm running on 9.04.
 
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JonJ678 said:
You can run the virtualbox at low priority in windows, should leave the host OS usable. The various guides around work well enough, I used to use the one hosted at the top of this forum. The script does it all for you really.

Otherwise, from the directory you put the fah6 file in, run
Code: 
 ./fah6 -smp 3 -configonly
to set up your name and so forth, then
Code: 
 ./fah6 -smp 3
whenever you want it to run. It doesn't do polite things like stop folding when you reboot, but it's as simple as you could possibly ask for. The number is how many cores it'll use. I'll find you the link for fahmon. Fahmon here., this is the version I'm running on 9.04.
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How large is the ubuntu install as im looking to run it from a 2 Gb flashdrive within a virtual enviroment.

i would also like to see how well my system copes with these large linux smp units.
 
H_a_p_p_y said:
Has anyone seen this?

Basically, they're massive WUs (25,000 points each!) and there's also a bonus for completing them as quickly as possible. For example, the deadline is 6 days, and if you complete them in 3, you get a 100% bonus - so that's 50,000 points for one WU.

Downside is that they're so massive that only systems with 8 cores can complete them on time. 8 physical cores is preferred, but a fast Core i7 has proven to be enough if it's on all the time. Oh, and they're Linux/Mac only, though whether they'll run under VirtualBox remains to be seen.

So, anyone have a rig that's up to this? I know there are lots of overclocked i7s on this forum, and if we could get a dozen of them doing this, we could double our PPD.
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Ubuntu says it needs 4GB minimum, and 8Gb preferred. I have it installed fine though on a 4GB flash drive.

What CPU have you got? If it's a fast C2Q you may be able to complete it within the 6 days, but not within the bonus time.
 
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Sold my 192 shader GTX to my mate so today i am ordering a new GTX 260 with 216 shaders and a usb wifi so i can get back to full speed and i might try those large WU's if i can set it up might aswell try innit :)

Edit:Hmm my two SMP's have stopped working and i can't restart them even reinstalled em but nothing, I HATE WINDOWS :(
 
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You can run the virtualbox at low priority in windows, should leave the host OS usable. The various guides around work well enough, I used to use the one hosted at the top of this forum. The script does it all for you really.
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Thanks that worked well.

I made a bit of a school boy error though - was in the process of upgrading to the latest ubuntu and win 7 went to sleep, crashing the upgrade and leaving ubuntu freezing on virtual startup.

I forgot with the new win 7 to adjust the power options! Doh, will have to start again later, at least I know what I'm doing now, in the mean time my 4850 is folding, it's good for another 2K PPD.
 
You could easily fit ubuntu on a 2gb flash drive if you were so inclined, but might need to do a minimum install from the alternate install cd then put on the few programs you need. The end result would basically be a large notfred cd, which at 22mb is probably the better option anyway.

If you have a highly clocked quad core you may well get the work units done in time, what processor do you have in mind?

I've managed to waste a good 10 hours of folding by not noticing the client wasn't running. I might not get you after all

Good news MI :)
 
i got an amd 940 cpu currently running @ stock due to current mobo having the sb600 chipset.
but i do have a new mobo sitting here ready to install with the sb 750 chipset which should give me a more stable oc of 3.8 which the cpu is capable of just it was not stable on this mobo.
 
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