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bogmali

OK got multiple replies already about "suspending" the client instead of CTRL C, that could be what I am doing wrong. So, how do you actually suspend it? I remember doing it before by accident but I have not a clue how. Thanks for help fellas.

VM -> Power -> Suspend should do the trick.

Thanks much.

^ Thanks man! I think I'll stick to using your scripts. I'm not using the auto-run mode; I feel more like in control with the manual mode...

dave851

Ok linuxrouter, I'm haveing a problem with CazyCanuks scripes and we can not figure it out so he sent me to you, I tryed to pm you but never got a response. I have all the files he wants me to have in the right folders and when i try to use the command ./start_folding.sh i get the error below

I just sent a response to your PM.

Hi Linuxrouter, is there a command to temporarily disable the backup process without losing the last backup? Or will the HTML interface work for this?

Several times I've had system lockups (Bad GPU apparently, switched back to the old one), and when I restart VMware it says the Folding@home process is already running and to reboot to begin folding again and skip the warning. I'd like to reboot and skip the warning and see if it recovers, and only use the backup as a last resort. It wnt from 50% to 4% when it restored the last backup!

I'm using only the FAH 1.1v image, and not using any of the advanced backup scripts as those were too complicated. 

Has anyone else had 1.1 crash between WUs?  (or even crash having loaded a back up file?) 
  It finished my last WU last night and uploaded it then at sometime before it started the new one it crashed/froze.  I couldn't get the text to scroll to see what had happened and ended up having to reboot.   This is the third time this version has thrown a wobbly on me. None of the earlier versions had a problem.

I don't have a clue what went wrong and as it was 5am I  noticed just before I went to work I only really had time to do a reboot and see if it would run.

I use smp 7 but set memory to 6GB (just cos I can. lol)
It doesn't have a problem doing the WU, it's just gone pear shaped trying to run from a back up once and between units twice.

Hello LR

I have a long wait period between bigadv finish and restart.

There was something posted about it, a few threads back and you mention the use of ram disk.

I know you are very busy, if you ever get some time, can you explain how to do it,or make some kind of guide.

Thanks

Full Metal Folder

Hello LN

I have a long wait period between bigadv finish and restart.

There was something posted about it, a few threads back and you mention the use of ram disk.

I know you are very busy, if you ever get some time, can you explain how to do it,or make some kind of guide.

Thanks

Hello

This is what I normally use for the web config with the Ramdisk:

Ramdisk Config

This is what my latest beta image. You will want some kind of backup for the Ramdisk. The backup feature in this image adds a bit of overhead once per hour because the data is compressed to a file. The other option would be to run the backup scripts made by TheCrazyCanuck which copies the data to the Windows host OS and keeps a history of 24-hours.


http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=130442

You will also want to allocate enough memory including at least 500MB per SMP thread and another 500-750MB or so for the Ramdisk. 

On a side note, I decided to try out SCSI instead of IDE support in VMware Player. I am not sure if this will help with write performance or not but it might be worth trying out. The update I made just recently to the image is set to use SCSI.

i happily test this image for the backup as i am used to been able to stop notfred at any time and know it would restore when i started it back up, all i need to know is what i need to do to enable it (web config is preferable but was not very complete last time i checked, Needs links to all the pages on each page you goto)  

it does restore from the 1hr backup and then star from where it left off folding ?

need an link for 3.0 VMware player as well as i think 3.0.1 has removed 8 CPU support

Links on vmware web site currently do not work unless you got the direct link to the exe download it self

(this site is not very opera friendly, need to report that to opera) 

linuxrouter

Full Metal Folder

Hello LR

I have a long wait period between bigadv finish and restart.

There was something posted about it, a few threads back and you mention the use of ram disk.

I know you are very busy, if you ever get some time, can you explain how to do it,or make some kind of guide.

Thanks

Hello

This is what I normally use for the web config with the Ramdisk:

Ramdisk Config

This is what my latest beta image. You will want some kind of backup for the Ramdisk. The backup feature in this image adds a bit of overhead once per hour because the data is compressed to a file. The other option would be to run the backup scripts made by TheCrazyCanuck which copies the data to the Windows host OS and keeps a history of 24-hours.


http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=130442

You will also want to allocate enough memory including at least 500MB per SMP thread and another 500-750MB or so for the Ramdisk. 

On a side note, I decided to try out SCSI instead of IDE support in VMware Player. I am not sure if this will help with write performance or not but it might be worth trying out. The update I made just recently to the image is set to use SCSI.

 
Thanks a lot for this info LR i'll give it a try.
 

fonze98

I have been runninig the dev image for about a week and a half now and yes the backups automtaticaly just work I know this becuase I think I might have a stick of ram failing as my system seems to be crashing almost every night after I go to bed but by the time I wake up it has restarted and is folding back where it left off. I will try and figure out my stability issues this weekend. just know that this dev image (not sure on current release) is set to use 4800mb of ram for use with bigadv -8 folding if you are folding with bigadv -7 you only need around 3600mb unless using ramdisk I did loose one WU on this when I shut it down to adjust the RAM allocation once I realized it was set at 4800 probly my own fualt.

Thanks for the feedback. In the event that the restore fails and you lose the work unit, the system does keep a maximum history of five backups. You can run this command to try an older backup:


fahcontrol restore 0


0 is the newest and 4 is the oldest. Each time a new backup is done, the oldest one is removed and the others shifted down one.

I set the higher memory value with the newer images so that both 7 and 8 core folders are covered. I read a few posts here and there where people lost work units because of trying -smp 8 with 3600 MB which is what the image was set to before. I was hoping this default increase would help minimize failures.

Just ran into the 8 CPU issue.  Thanks for the link!  Going to be a lot of disappointed Windows folders soon when the 6-core/12-thread i7's become available!

There's too much stuff here for one person who isn't into advanced computing to just jump into and follow. The original post is more than a year old and too many people who are already advanced folders come in and ask advanced questions. I've been trying to do VMware folding for about 3 months now, I've jumped a long way in the stats but only because I did it my way and ran many basic clients until my system was almost locked up. Can't anyone write a guide for a beginner and tell how to start the VMware, start the client, set it up to run on it's own and retrieve the info it needs? Is it just impossible because there are too many variations? I'm frustrated but at the same time look how much folding I've done in a short time with a stupidly simple approach.
  I even posted to ask for help and 2 people just jabbed at me and it took the third to stick with me and work things out. There has to be an easier guide with #1 being, go into your bios, under ""settings"" enable virtualization technology.

I added a link to a new guide with screenshots to the original post here which I hope may help new users setup bigadv with minimal effort. Let me know if this would be an improvement and feel free to offer any suggestions.

Guide