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Running Boinc and Seti@Home
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Tony Mastrullo Send message Joined: 25 Mar 03 Posts: 3 Credit: 9,315,623 RAC: 0 |
Hi I installed Boinc some time ago and it's fine. I'm still running Seti@home (Ver 3.08), Boinc claims it's running Setiathome Ver 4.09. Are they both running at the same time and should I uninstall Seti@home Ver 3.08 so the Processor isn't shared to run both?. ie is Boinc actually also running its own Ver of Seti?? |
mikey Send message Joined: 17 Dec 99 Posts: 4215 Credit: 3,474,603 RAC: 0 |
Yes if you run Boinc you should stop running Classic. BUT do not uninstall it, Boinc does has times where the system has growing pains and sometimes it will go down for a couple of day. During those times you can either run other Boinc projects or go back to Classic. |
DMWorrel Send message Joined: 17 Jun 01 Posts: 3 Credit: 745,800 RAC: 5 |
I've been running both Classic and BOINC for two years. Each uses 50% CPU. I have Classic as my screensaver. Currently Classic is v3.08 and BOINC is Core v4.19 SETI v4.09. They run concurrently, no problems. At these version levels on WinXP it works. Hope this helps. Wait, is that a signal ... |
Heffed Send message Joined: 19 Mar 02 Posts: 1856 Credit: 40,736 RAC: 0 |
ie is Boinc actually also running its own Ver of Seti?? Yes. |
Pika Send message Joined: 22 Aug 04 Posts: 3 Credit: 70,281 RAC: 0 |
Yes if you run Boinc you should stop running Classic. BUT do not uninstall it, Boinc does has times where the system has growing pains and sometimes it will go down for a couple of day. During those times you can either run other Boinc projects or go back to Classic. Hello, I have a related question too. How do I stop running classic without uninstalling it? They both keep running after I installed Boinc... |
Ananas Send message Joined: 14 Dec 01 Posts: 195 Credit: 2,503,252 RAC: 0 |
... How do I stop running classic without uninstalling it? They both keep running after I installed Boinc... Create a text file (e.g. with notepad) in the SETI Classic directory, the content of this file doesn't matter, it can be empty. The filename is the important part, it has to be stop_after_send.txt It will finish the current WU, send it to the server and then instead of requesting a new workunit it will stop. |
Pika Send message Joined: 22 Aug 04 Posts: 3 Credit: 70,281 RAC: 0 |
Thank you! :) |
Pika Send message Joined: 22 Aug 04 Posts: 3 Credit: 70,281 RAC: 0 |
I'm sorry, I have a follow-up question; can I make Seti Classic stop reminding me I need to remove the .txt file to get new results on every start-up? |
Tony Mastrullo Send message Joined: 25 Mar 03 Posts: 3 Credit: 9,315,623 RAC: 0 |
I'm sorry, I have a follow-up question; can I make Seti Classic stop reminding me I need to remove the .txt file to get new results on every start-up? Best way....Remove Seti@home from the Windows Start Up. You can always add it anytime later if needed (when Boinc is down etc). |
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