ok so I am wondering how I should go from my old pc to a new pc and keep my work. Can I install 4.19 and then replace it with the copy from the old machine and it will continue on? I have read some post that people suggest setting the size on disk to 0 which would prevent new work from being downloaded. I would do this but I don't want to stop my other computers in the farm from downloading. I am still skeptical about upgrading to the latest version of boinc which has the nice feature of no new workunits. So what am I to do here? Anyone have some experience with this? Thanks...

the berkeley servers know which host (computer) has which WU and the WU HAS to be returned by the same host. You can attach another puter by the same method you attached the first one, same URL and account KEY

the berkeley servers know which host (computer) has which WU and the WU HAS to be returned by the same host. You can attach another puter by the same method you attached the first one, same URL and account KEY

Ok so basically the partially completed work from the old pc will just not be completed?

ok so I am wondering how I should go from my old pc to a new pc and keep my work. Can I install 4.19 and then replace it with the copy from the old machine and it will continue on? I have read some post that people suggest setting the size on disk to 0 which would prevent new work from being downloaded. I would do this but I don't want to stop my other computers in the farm from downloading. I am still skeptical about upgrading to the latest version of boinc which has the nice feature of no new workunits. So what am I to do here? Anyone have some experience with this? Thanks...

if you are using one of the v4.4x clients, select No New Work for each project, and run your computer dry before moving everything to the new computer

What the Berkeley computers care about is the ID. You can move the entire BOINC directory to a new computer, do a re-install and it should work. The servers will catch it if you try to complete a WU in both places.

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if you are using one of the v4.4x clients, select No New Work for each project, and run your computer dry before moving everything to the new computer

well I am running 4.19 so no luck there. I am still hesitant to upgrade to the newer versions as 4.19 works perfect for me.

What the Berkeley computers care about is the ID. You can move the entire BOINC directory to a new computer, do a re-install and it should work. The servers will catch it if you try to complete a WU in both places.

Great so I just need to shutdown Boinc on the old pc. After I get the new pc put together and boinc 4.19 installed then copy the whole boinc directory and replace the contents of the boinc directory on the new pc. Then startup boinc and it will resume? If so that is exactly what I need. Once I shutdown boinc on the old pc it will not be turned back on. I am moving to a Pentium D 840 so that is the reason for these questions.

What the Berkeley computers care about is the ID. You can move the entire BOINC directory to a new computer, do a re-install and it should work. The servers will catch it if you try to complete a WU in both places.

Great so I just need to shutdown Boinc on the old pc. After I get the new pc put together and boinc 4.19 installed then copy the whole boinc directory and replace the contents of the boinc directory on the new pc. Then startup boinc and it will resume? If so that is exactly what I need. Once I shutdown boinc on the old pc it will not be turned back on. I am moving to a Pentium D 840 so that is the reason for these questions.

Yes. I have read a post that someone else had gotten this to work. Make certain that you copy the entire directory tree.

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You shouild be able to copy the whole boinc directory before running the install directory. I did this on a os upgrade and boinc continue where it left off.

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Fred
BOINC Alpha, BOINC Beta, LHC Alpha, Einstein Alpha

Yes. I have read a post that someone else had gotten this to work. Make certain that you copy the entire directory tree.

Ok if I get the machine built tomorrow I will post back how it goes so others will know.

Yes. I have read a post that someone else had gotten this to work. Make certain that you copy the entire directory tree.

Ok if I get the machine built tomorrow I will post back how it goes so others will know.

You may need to do an install to update the registry ...

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You shouild be able to copy the whole boinc directory before running the install directory. I did this on a os upgrade and boinc continue where it left off.

Well I did as you said and boinc picked right up where it left off on the new Pentium D 840. Sweet... Thanks for the help. By the way I have a ton of units waiting to be uploaded. Anyone know when things will be back up on the beta project?

My guess would be after Boinc 5.00 is release. Right now using Boinc 5.00 one can only get work from the Alpha project.

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Fred
BOINC Alpha, BOINC Beta, LHC Alpha, Einstein Alpha

I've just built a new pc, I connected the new HDD into the old machine and cloned, I used Ghost, the old PC's HDD to the new one.

Then when the new PC was switched on booted from the WinXP Pro CD and did repair to the installation, so that old drivers were removed etc. Once this was completed I had all programs, settings and data on to the new machine set up as I had on the old machine and it has worked fine for the last 5 days.

Boinc/Seti/Einstein worked without a hiccup.

The silence is wonderful, but my desk clock will have to go its too noisy, could hear it before.

Andy