Is it possible to run Boinc on a PC that's NOT conected to the internet?

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Message 19298 - Posted: 7 Aug 2008, 21:38:37 UTC

The title is pretty much the whole question really :-)

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Message 19299 - Posted: 7 Aug 2008, 21:50:20 UTC

It is possible, but it means you have to constantly copy the whole BOINC (Data) directory to a computer that has an internet connection, upload & report the work done, download new work and copy that whole directory back to the machine without the internet connection.

You must make sure that the machine that has an internet connection doesn't run BOINC on its own (as copying the work from the other one to and fro will mean you have to stop and possibly remove the machine's BOINC installation) or that you run the BOINC on the connectionless machine on something like a USB stick or other removable drive.
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Message 19301 - Posted: 7 Aug 2008, 22:05:23 UTC - in response to Message 19299.  

Thanks Jord I'll try that.

It is possible, but it means you have to constantly copy the whole BOINC (Data) directory to a computer that has an internet connection, upload & report the work done, download new work and copy that whole directory back to the machine without the internet connection.

You must make sure that the machine that has an internet connection doesn't run BOINC on its own (as copying the work from the other one to and fro will mean you have to stop and possibly remove the machine's BOINC installation) or that you run the BOINC on the connectionless machine on something like a USB stick or other removable drive.

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