linux running in virtualbox, no progress on jobs

Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : linux running in virtualbox, no progress on jobs

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Mark Send message Joined: 25 Oct 08 Posts: 2 Credit: 9,109 RAC: 0	Message 967739 - Posted: 3 Feb 2010, 0:57:33 UTC
	I am running sunmicro's virtualbox on an intel mac. In virtualbox I am running ubuntu 9.1.0 Everything appears to to be loaded correctly, a job from seti@ and Milkyway@ are in the cue. There shows hours of runtime under messages, however under tasks, it says 0.000% complete on the two jobs. Any help appreciated. Mark
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skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 8970 Credit: 37,797,321 RAC: 43,027	Message 967749 - Posted: 3 Feb 2010, 2:27:49 UTC - in response to Message 967739.
	virtual machines are a bad idea. the act of creating the virtual box slows down BOINC. You are better off just running BOINC on the MAc without a virtual box. It saves a lot of wasted CPU cycles. ____________ Proud member of TSWB. End terrorism by building a school
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Mark Send message Joined: 25 Oct 08 Posts: 2 Credit: 9,109 RAC: 0	Message 967771 - Posted: 3 Feb 2010, 4:04:32 UTC - in response to Message 967749.
	Understood.
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tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 2949 Credit: 266,077 RAC: 247	Message 968686 - Posted: 6 Feb 2010, 12:48:17 UTC
	I have created a Solaris virtual machine by VirtualBox on my Linux box just as an exercise. Then I loaded the BOINC client and the SETI app by Dotsch on it. It ran just 4 times slower than on Linux using one of the two cores of my Opteron 1210. The other 4 BOINC projects I am running shared the other core by alternating on it, only AQUA@home used all of it until it ended. So I just renounced. Tullio ____________
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Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : linux running in virtualbox, no progress on jobs