I am beta testing new release of Ubuntu (Karmic). Good transision policy needed!

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emarkay Send message Joined: 11 Sep 03 Posts: 33 Credit: 132,678 RAC: 0	Message 939390 - Posted: 12 Oct 2009, 16:23:08 UTC
	I aborted about 15 unstarted jobs in "Jaunty" (current Ubuntu release) and was going to reboot into "Karmic" (beta test -will be released 10/31/2009). I wanted to leave only 2 or 3 there in Jaunty, and then let the Karmic jobs (about 15 also) run for a while. (I expect that within the week I will be using Karmic soely.) I don't want to abandon any work. The problem is that when I aborted the Jaunty jobs, BOINC re-downloaded as many or more NEW ones! So what is the best way to do this without hurting SETI@HOME? Thanks! MRK ____________ Firefox 3.5.x & Thunderbird 2.0.0.x - Ubuntu 9.04 & 9.10 & Windows XP-SP3 (1) 2.8 GHz/2Gb/ATI HD2600-512 RAM, SIS AC97 OB Audio (2) 2.9GHz /2Gb/NVIDIA GeForce 7300LE-256 RAM, Intel 82801 OB Audio
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Ageless Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 11763 Credit: 2,076,680 RAC: 2,393	Message 939394 - Posted: 12 Oct 2009, 16:33:13 UTC - in response to Message 939390.
	If you can start up and use BOINC Manager, go Advanced view->Projects tab->Select Seti and click on the No New Tasks button. If you use boinccmd (or boinc_cmd, depending on BOINC version), use the following command: boinccmd --project http://setiathome.berkeley.edu nomorework That will stop downloading more work until you tell it different (which in the Manager is the Allow new tasks button and in boinccmd the same as above, but instead of nomorework you put in allowmorework) ____________ Jord - BOINC FAQ Service - BOINC User Wiki Real is just a matter of perception.
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emarkay Send message Joined: 11 Sep 03 Posts: 33 Credit: 132,678 RAC: 0	Message 939397 - Posted: 12 Oct 2009, 16:55:12 UTC - in response to Message 939394.
	Cool, thanks! Firefly/Serenity - also, way-cool! ____________ Firefox 3.5.x & Thunderbird 2.0.0.x - Ubuntu 9.04 & 9.10 & Windows XP-SP3 (1) 2.8 GHz/2Gb/ATI HD2600-512 RAM, SIS AC97 OB Audio (2) 2.9GHz /2Gb/NVIDIA GeForce 7300LE-256 RAM, Intel 82801 OB Audio
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DeMus Send message Joined: 5 Jan 08 Posts: 238 Credit: 1,728,763 RAC: 0	Message 942151 - Posted: 23 Oct 2009, 6:55:01 UTC - in response to Message 939390.
	I just re-installaed Jaunty, now on a RAID 0 configuration. I have Boinc running in my home folder and I simply copied the complete Boinc folder to an external disc, wiped the hard discs clean and re-installed the OS. Then I put the Boinc folder back in my home folder and fired it up. That way I could simply continue with the WU's I was working on. No harm done, no WU missed. ____________ ______ DeMus
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ML1 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 7210 Credit: 3,703,390 RAC: 728	Message 946914 - Posted: 13 Nov 2009, 13:58:56 UTC - in response to Message 942151.
	I just re-installaed Jaunty, now on a RAID 0 configuration. ... Just to check... You know that RAID 0 is "RAID stripe". You get the sum of the hdds, up to twice the rate of data throughput (if using 2 hdds), but also complete failure if any one hdd fails. I would doubt that you need such performance. Are you really wanting RAID 1 "RAID mirror" so that if one hdd fails, you already have a copy on another hdd to continue working? Happy crunchin', Martin ____________ Mandriva Linux A user friendly OS! See new freedom Mageia2 The Future is what We make IT (GPLv3)
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