New BOINC release
1 Nov 2005 17:31:08 UTC
Topic 190103
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Hello All
BOINC 5.2.6 is out. Have a look here: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/?C=M;O=A
Gotta get the latest !!!
Gray
New BOINC release
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Hello
Interesting how this release seems to have a better guessimation of my normal Einstein WU crunch time than the previous version - time will tell...
Gray
RE: Hello Interesting how
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Most likely this is because the previous version collected the data needed to get the better estimate. And the estimate now would be the same with either version.
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Hello Nope I aborted all
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Hello
Nope I aborted all unfinished WUs, reported them back to their assorted sites, deleted the BOINC folder, cleaned the registry and then re-installed BOINC (new version - 5.2.6) and re-attached to Einstein. The estimation is steady at 8.52 and the actual time seems to be within a minute of that time at the moment so this should get even better with time. Of course it might be pure fluke that my crunching time for an Einstein WU might be the same as the initial default time - I would need to hear from another cruncher using the new version on either a much faster machine (say a 3.0 CPU), or a much slower one such as a 1.0 CPU, to clear this up.
Gray
Hello Small update - the
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Hello
Small update - the initial estimation for Einstein and Rosetta seems accurate once several WUs have been done, but the time until completion needs to be sorted as this is often substantially incorrect, with figures like 1,5 hours to go, shown when the WU is 97% completed, and when the work unit has taken 8 hours, 45 mins so far, with a normal total of 8 hours 50 minutes. Possibly this will improve as BOINC works out the way my PC is used etc.
Gray
RE: Hello Small update -
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The "CPU time remaining" estimate has been fixed, but it was after BOINC 5.2.6 came out. It should be in the next version.
Walt
RE: The "CPU time
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Walt,
Thanks a lot for the good news! That glitch was my only gripe about 5.x, but it did irritate me.
Regards,
Michael
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"The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice" - MLK
Thanks for that info Walt -
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Thanks for that info Walt - otherwise BOINC is behaving rather well on my box - happy crunchin' !!
Gray
PS Greeting Michael - sorry I've been scarce: I have so little to complain about here nowadays (grin)
Do you need to go through all
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Do you need to go through all that deleteing just to install BOINC 5.2.6,? Is it o.k. to just install over the old version as in updating the system.
Greg
RE: Do you need to go
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I've installed the new BOINC over the old one for about 5 upgrades now - starting with 4.45 over 4.19 and most recently 5.2.6 over 5.2.5. I've never had a problem.
RE: RE: Do you need to go
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Thank you for your input...I'll download the new version and give it a try...thank you agine. Will report results as soon as I'm done.
Greg