running boinc on two machines

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Gunther Clasen Send message Joined: 20 Jun 06 Posts: 3	Message 4783 - Posted: 20 Jun 2006, 11:02:27 UTC I have a small network (2 linux computers) sharing their /home directory. I can run boinc on either one or the other, but not both. Yet that seems a logical thing to do when both computers are switched on. How do I do this? ID: 4783 ·
Jord Volunteer tester Help desk expert Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15480	Message 4784 - Posted: 20 Jun 2006, 12:06:33 UTC You cannot. For how can BOINC at that moment know which computer is crunching a certain result? For all you know, they are both trying to crunch the same result at the same time (impossible due to the lockfile). ID: 4784 ·
Gunther Clasen Send message Joined: 20 Jun 06 Posts: 3	Message 4785 - Posted: 20 Jun 2006, 12:46:30 UTC - in response to Message 4784.   Simply by having one lockfile per WU, for example. Or you could run one manager capable of spreading WU other machine(s). How do other people do this? I can't believe I am the only one with more than one machine at home willing to run boinc. ID: 4785 ·
James Drews Send message Joined: 6 Jan 06 Posts: 38	Message 4789 - Posted: 20 Jun 2006, 13:42:36 UTC Boinc can't use the same directory more than once. You need to either run boinc from two different directories (one on each computer), or use the command line option -dir <path> on the second computer to specify a different directory for boinc to use. ID: 4789 ·

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