Trying to start folding again

sforzasforza SPAIN
edited November 2003 in Folding@Home
Hello guys,

I'm back :)

I have not visited the forums lately, just the main page, due to my studying time... and girls and having fun and playing basketball and driving my car and... :D

I stopped folding at home because the only computer left is an athlon 750 slot partial time and it's not worth it. I sold the other computers.

Now, I have good news: just discovered some now computers at the library, brand new (but probably moved from other part of the building) with w98se on them. I have admin rights to acces everywhere on them nothing is limited, just installed CPUZ and SpeedFan to test. And I thought it would be great to use them for the team :)

The computers are on every day, from 9AM to 8PM non stop. Every user logs in with his name and pass, lots of logins but no shutting down.

The thing is easy: I don't know how to setup F@H as a service (or kind of) under w98, to start every time the computer boots. If you have any ideas or comments, please post and we will get 5-10 (at least) more computers like this:
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Comments

  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited November 2003
    Just put a shortcut to F@H in the Startup folder.

    Sounds like a great pickup for The Team!

    :thumbsup::fold::wave:
  • t1rhinot1rhino Toronto
    edited November 2003
    That's the easiest way. You could also create a new scheduled task that start on boot and launches f@h.
  • TBonZTBonZ Ottawa, ON Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Long time no see dude, glad things are going well for ya too! :wave:

    As prof said, shortcut in the startup folder and you'll be good to go.

    You were still here when the GROMACS came around, weren't you? If so, get them folding those tasty WU's. :thumbsup:
  • sforzasforza SPAIN
    edited November 2003
    I'm glad to see you around here, too :)

    Ok, I think we have a little problem... my idea is not as easy as I thought: I went to the library again on friday. I went to the same computer I went last time I was there (luckily it was being used by nobody at that moment).

    First thing I noticed is the refresh rate of the phillips 17" monitor was again at 60Hz... I set it to 85Hz first day I was there, and now was like at the beginning. Then I went to the start menu... I already placed a shortcut to F@H on the start folder, my memory didn't failed at remembering wich was the best method to do this under w98 :)

    I have not tested the scheduled tasks yet on those machines.

    But... The start folder only had the crappy integrated audio drivers. I went to d:\downloads, a directory I made when downloading the console, and it was gone. Blank partition. I downloaded the console again, and did a test: just reboot the machine. The console I just downloaded was not there anymore.

    Conclusion: There are 12 P4 that could crunch WUs but got w98 installed in some way they are always the same as they were before. Reboot = default configuration and files. Everything added is deleted. But while using it, you have full rights and privileges to modify and work with what you need. Even hardware changes included, drivers, etc.

    If there is any way to avoid this, I'll get those computers folding for the team.

    Any ideas?
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited November 2003
    Do they boot off of the network or just dont save anything? I dont know exactly how that would work, esp with an older OS like 98.
  • sforzasforza SPAIN
    edited November 2003
    Do they boot off of the network

    I'll try to find out if they boot off of the network. I suppose that if I make them to boot with the lan disconnected I'll get the info I want :)
    or just dont save anything

    The data is saved only until you reboot. But it's on the hdd for sure, not on a remote location, it's the D: partition of the local disk.

    I'll do some research on monday.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited November 2003
    I am just wondering how everything goes back to normal every time it restarts. Maybe it goes back to its original settings somehow.

    You said it was on a D: drive, whats on C:?
  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited November 2003
    Could it be some kind of automated ghosting. I know when i was in school the admins used to reset the computers before exams to stop cheaters. Though it was done manually computer by computer. I also remember reading on download.com about a program that could repartition a drive everytime it rebooted so it would be reseted. I''ll have a look and post again.
  • kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    it's called goback, it's a symantec prog i think.

    http://www.symantec.com/goback/
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited November 2003
    I figured there was some type of program like that.

    Anyway it can be disabled?
  • kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    yeah it can, i've only played with it once though, so I don't remember how exactly, but you can add things to it for it to not erase.
  • sforzasforza SPAIN
    edited November 2003
    On C: is the operating system and the installed programs. Those programs are Matlab, and other programming apps, and are always there. I mean, not deleted when restarting. I saved on the start folder a shortcut to folding and it was deleted.

    On D: there's nothing. It's a blank partition. You can save here anything but when reboot, everything is gone. I saved here the folding console. And it was deleted too.

    Because of the network of the whole university, if you want to save something on a safe place, you can save it on a 100mb network unit, W: , but this is not an special thing on those computers, the W: is on EVERY computer of the whole university when you log in with your username. There's a W: for each student, of course.

    I saw goback from roxio installed in a computer once, and it shows a "goback" image when booting. On these computers there is no goback image or message at all. Can it be disabled? (I mean the message)
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    I think these computers are remote adminned and program adds LOGGED on a server somewhere. Could be wrong, but W: is likely to be partly an image for these boxes, and they probably can be network-push-reloaded. D: may also be a drive on a server somewhere, if E is not a CDR or DVD drive. 98 and 98 SE DO parse drives in DOS order, anything other than what is physically in computer can be a network drive. If there is an E drive and it acts like a builtin device, like a DVD responds to E, then you have a physical D drive, but it is easy to poll a 24\7 on machine these days and see if contents have changed from a server end-- I would expect an exception, or change, log under those circumstances.

    GoBack can be run remotely on a network from server end, if you have a version with those capabilites. And those boxes can be then remotely rebooted if the NIC is management capable. AND, Symantec bought GoBack rights or GoBack itself in full.

    John.
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