I think there might be some kind of file system issue going on since the NFS stale message are still showing up and the system is not able to remove the old files to be able to restore the new ones. You can try replacing # 3 with 2 or 4 after fahcontrol. 4 is the oldest. 0 is the newest.

Have you done any stability testing with your system recently? Memory related issues could cause file system related issues in the virtual machine.

The files are compressed in the /var/fah directory. One other thing you can try and do is move the old files and restore.

fahcontrol stop
mkdir old
mv queue.dat work old
mkdir work
tar xvf /var/fah/backup.4.tar.gz

If all that comes back without errors, try starting the client manually:

./fah6 -bigadv -smp 8

linuxrouter

The files are compressed in the /var/fah directory. One other thing you can try and do is move the old files and restore.

fahcontrol stop
mkdir old
mv queue.dat work old
mkdir work
tar xvf /var/fah/backup.4.tar.gz

On that last command, I got "Cannot open: No such file or directory"
 
EDIT:  Do I need to start from scratch (reinstalls, etc), or can anything be done to just start a new bigadv unit?

Hi, I'm back with some more network problems..
Running bridged on 192.168.182.7, but the client is not able to get a new wu. However, ping to google works. This is a part of the log:

[19:17:16] - Preparing to get new work unit... [19:17:16] Cleaning up work directory [19:17:16] + Attempting to get work packet [19:17:16] Passkey found [19:17:16] - Connecting to assignment server [19:17:37] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server [19:17:37] + Could not connect to Assignment Server [19:17:37] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server [19:17:37] + Could not connect to Assignment Server 2 [19:17:37] + Couldn't get work instructions. [19:17:37] - Attempt #1 to get work failed, and no other work to do. Waiting before retry. [19:17:47] + Attempting to get work packet [19:17:47] Passkey found [19:17:47] - Connecting to assignment server [19:18:08] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server [19:18:08] + Could not connect to Assignment Server [19:18:08] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server [19:18:08] + Could not connect to Assignment Server 2 [19:18:08] + Couldn't get work instructions. [19:18:08] - Attempt #2 to get work failed, and no other work to do. Waiting before retry.

Any ideas? I tried switching to NAT again, but then no working IP is assigned. (16x)

Yoste

Hi, I'm back with some more network problems..
Running bridged on 192.168.182.7, but the client is not able to get a new wu. However, ping to google works. This is a part of the log:

[19:17:16] - Preparing to get new work unit... [19:17:16] Cleaning up work directory [19:17:16] + Attempting to get work packet [19:17:16] Passkey found [19:17:16] - Connecting to assignment server [19:17:37] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server [19:17:37] + Could not connect to Assignment Server [19:17:37] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server [19:17:37] + Could not connect to Assignment Server 2 [19:17:37] + Couldn't get work instructions. [19:17:37] - Attempt #1 to get work failed, and no other work to do. Waiting before retry. [19:17:47] + Attempting to get work packet [19:17:47] Passkey found [19:17:47] - Connecting to assignment server [19:18:08] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server [19:18:08] + Could not connect to Assignment Server [19:18:08] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server [19:18:08] + Could not connect to Assignment Server 2 [19:18:08] + Couldn't get work instructions. [19:18:08] - Attempt #2 to get work failed, and no other work to do. Waiting before retry.

Any ideas? I tried switching to NAT again, but then no working IP is assigned. (16x)

Typically when ping responses return then everything is working correctly.  The work unit server may be down and that's why you are not being sent new WUs.

Do you have any firewalls running?  If so would try disabling them to see if that helps (remember that Windows has a NAT based firewall built in too).  Since you can run pings I doubt this is the problem but it's worth a shot.

Is there an IP address displayed for the work server it is attempting to connect to?  I'm wondering if you are having some sort of DNS issue in the virtual machine.  I think the information under the linux section is correct about flushing the DNS:  http://www.topbits.com/how-to-flush-dns.html  A DNS server is what maps things like http://www.google.com to an IP address so if there is a problem with that then some of the addresses may not be resolving from the host name correctly.

Once you get the ten 1920pt or bigadv work units out of the way then any additional bigadv work units you complete on time will give you bonus points.  To fold bigadv work units you need the -bigadv flag passed in.

dakrevar

I am also wondering about qualifying for bigadv points, i have been running through the core A3 WU for a few days and was wondering if they qualify as part of the 10.  I am running latest VM with advmethods turned on and have not seen a 1920pt run through, all i see are 470pt wu or similar.

Those work units should qualify just fine as long as you meet the preferred deadline.

dakrevar

Sounds good thanks, do the A3wu's have a bonus as well? I was looking at the first page of this thread and saw the smp2 calculator and found my wu's in that page and i easily making the deadline. 

Yes, those have the bonus points as well. The points will not be as high as bigadv since the A3 work units are smaller, but you do get decent bonus for the A3's.

Make sure you maintain an 80% return rate on those A2/A3 or bigadv WUs.  If you don't the WU server will assign non-bigadv WUs to you whether you completed the initial 10 WUs or not.  Basically they don't want the results corrupted or late so they have a higher standard set for the bigadv work units.

geokilla

Hey linuxrouter. I copy and pasted your work and your guide over to Hardware Canucks. I asked you whether I could do this before and you were fine with it, so I'm doing it again. I'm just helping out my team. Of course, credits belong to you.

Here is the thread. http://www.hardwarecanuck...re-bigadv-folding.html

That sounds good. Thanks for letting me know.

Well I was folding on -advmethods, i got enough for bonus, so I am switching to -bigadv, but it won't switch. I have reconfig it. I have input ./fah6 -bigadv -smp 7 but I haven't any luck switching it. Got any fixes? 

if there are no bigadv or server is down it get A3 work units (like if you had the adv flag turnd on if there are no A3 it do dreaded A1 but i think they are all done now)

i will spice that page up an an little at some point

i need to ask before i do it, the mirrors that are listed on here can i use them as well if so can mirror hosters PM me your links most of the data should come from my 2-3 systems and my site that i have listed in the webseed

torrent users should make sure that they use an client that supports DHT (as the currant tracker i am using is down, as i think most linux client do not support it)

CHiLL72

I just saw that VMWare Workstation 7.1 has been released, which has support for up to 8 processor cores. Has anyone already tried this with Linuxrouter's VMware image on a Core i7?

Thanks for the info. I have not tried this out yet. If there is a trial version, maybe I will try out the new version.

Is workstation free now?(doubt it)  If not then I wouldn't bother trying to get the folks here to switch over.  I would like to see LR's build ported to use VirtualBox since it supports many more cores and is free with Oracle backing them (deep pockets......)

Our test group at work uses VMware all the time and they look at me like I'm an alien for using virtualbox to get my job done.  I just give them crap for wasting their money on software that costs us share holders money.....