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Message 1309591 - Posted: 24 Nov 2012, 4:30:47 UTC

Hi everyone,

I just installed Linux on my desktop and have a dual boot. Since I'm planning to spend most of my time on Linux, I will have from time to time to connect to Windows. Therefore I was wondering whether there were a possibility for the two BOIN version to share and work on the same task ?

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Message 1309616 - Posted: 24 Nov 2012, 5:49:20 UTC - in response to Message 1309591.  

Hi everyone,

I just installed Linux on my desktop and have a dual boot. Since I'm planning to spend most of my time on Linux, I will have from time to time to connect to Windows. Therefore I was wondering whether there were a possibility for the two BOIN version to share and work on the same task ?

Thanks for you help

Short answer, no. The Boinc clients are different between the OSs. While you may be able to get your Linux to mount your Windows' NTFS drive, I don't think Boinc would play nice with a shared folder of work units.

But, you sure can install Boinc on both operating systems and just run Boinc on whichever OS you are booted into. You can work on the same project on both operating systems, just not the same actual work-unit.
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Message 1309735 - Posted: 24 Nov 2012, 11:58:34 UTC - in response to Message 1309616.  

Thanks, I had no real hope, but always worth asking.
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