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Message 12143 - Posted: 19 Aug 2007, 0:28:25 UTC
Last modified: 19 Aug 2007, 0:31:57 UTC

So where is this state file so I can help boincmgr get rid of it ??

2007-08-18 18:23:39||[error] Couldn't write state file: system rename
2007-08-18 18:23:41|SETI@home|[file_xfer] Temporarily failed download of setiathome_5.27_windows_intelx86.exe: can't resolve hostname
2007-08-18 18:23:41|SETI@home|Backing off 1 min 0 sec on download of file setiathome_5.27_windows_intelx86.exe
2007-08-18 18:23:47||Can't rename current state file to previous state file; Cannot create a file when that file already exists. (0xb7)
2007-08-18 18:23:53||Can't rename state file; Cannot create a file when that file already exists. (0xb7)
2007-08-18 18:23:53||[error] Couldn't write state file: system rename
2007-08-18 18:24:42|SETI@home|[file_xfer] Started download of file setiathome_5.27_windows_intelx86.exe
2007-08-18 18:24:47||Can't rename current state file to previous state file; Cannot create a file when that file already exists. (0xb7)
2007-08-18 18:24:54||Can't rename state file; Cannot create a file when that file already exists. (0xb7)
2007-08-18 18:24:54||[error] Couldn't write state file: system rename
2007-08-18 18:24:58|SETI@home|[file_xfer] Temporarily failed download of setiathome_5.27_windows_intelx86.exe: can't resolve hostname
2007-08-18 18:24:58|SETI@home|Backing off 1 min 10 sec on download of file setiathome_5.27_windows_intelx86.exe
2007-08-18 18:25:04||Can't rename current state file to previous state file; Cannot create a file when that file already exists. (0xb7)
2007-08-18 18:25:09||Can't rename state file; Cannot create a file when that file already exists. (0xb7)
2007-08-18 18:25:09||[error] Couldn't write state file: system rename
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Message 12147 - Posted: 19 Aug 2007, 6:32:17 UTC

Usually this is caused by a permissions error in the BOINC folder. Check that first.
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