Folding@Home

mrweasel · Posted: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:54:01 Post Subject:

just make sure you have permission before installing it on work machines, kids

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:48:25 Post Subject:

Dimensionjew · Rated NC-17 Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Posts: 108

mrweasel · Posted: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:26:54 Post Subject:

you have to complete a work unit before it updates the list

Dimensionjew · Rated NC-17 Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Posts: 108

oh, dang it....

acruxksa · Posted: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:36:06 Post Subject:

No worries there, you will make the list soon enough.
As BB says, you need to finish a work unit before it will show up in the stats (usually updated every 3hrs.). Keep up the nice work we need all the help we can get.

acruxksa · Posted: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:43:46 Post Subject:

In the interest of getting more folders/more points for BB.com, I figured I would post some basic instructions on how to setup the folding@home client on Windows XP.

This isn't a full howto, but should get you started. There are several howtos about this floating around the net so if you get stuck you should be able to find more help. In addition you can post questions here and I/We may be able to help. I'm guessing that running the smp client via vmware on my 3.2Ghz C2D system is outputting at least 1200/ppd.

First you need to download VMware Server Click the "Register" link and fill out a questionnaire to get your license key. You will be taken to the download link after filling out the questionnaire, or you can start the download from the above link before registering to save a little time.

You should download the "binary(.exe)" vmware server for windows. After downloading this, you need to install it. This is pretty straight forward and doesn't really require much of a description, except to say that you may or may not get a notice about IIS, if you do not have IIS, don't worry it isn't needed for our purposes.

After installing VMware server you will want to download the latest ubuntu amd64 version of linux. (it says amd64 but also works with C2D's and some other intel 64bit processors). You can get ubuntu 6.10 Here Choose your nearest mirror. You should find the 64bit version under the "Other Installation Options" link.

After downloading ubuntu you can either burn it to a cd or setup vmware to boot it via iso. This is your choice, but if you aren't sure what I just said, you should probably burn it to cd. Once this is done start the vmware server and configure it. Make sure you allocate at least 512mb of memory to the vmware server. Also, setup where your copy of ubuntu is (either an iso image on your hdd or a cd in your cd/dvd drive. You should also choose ubuntu linux as the Guest OS distribution. It is very important that you set the virtual machine to use at least 2 processors (4 if you have a quad system). For networking you can use either bridged or NAT (edit***just use NAT, it will make things even simpler***), I used bridged, but either should work for most people. I also needed to manually add a USB hub to the initial configuration to get ubuntu to recognize my usb keyboard.

Once this is setup, go ahead and start the virtual machine. If all went well, you should be greeted with the ubuntu setup screen. Choose to "install of run ubuntu" and it will start ubuntu's live cd. Once this is booted up you should be able to select the Install icon on the ubuntu desktop. Work your way through the ubuntu hdd install and when complete, shutdown the os.

At this point you will want to either take the cd out of the drive or change the vmware virtual machine to use the cdrom instead of the iso image. Once this is done, restart the virtual machine and hopefully you will have a full fledged linux os running on winxp via vmware. You will then need to let Ubuntu update itself before continuing the setup. Once Ubuntu is updated, restart the system and then open a console to install the IA32 libraries. To do this, type "sudo apt-get install ia32-libs" without the quotes in a console (terminal). Once the 32bit libs are installed you will want to download and run a program called "finstall" This program will download and configure the smp client to run as a service on linux. In a console enter the following:

wget http://ranume.radionet.ee/folding/finstall
chmod +x finstall
./finstall smp

Answer any questions, then install the service and start it with the following commands:

~/foldingathome/installService (<----note the capital S)
~/foldingathome/folding start
(for the non linux people out there, ~ is the same as typing the full name and location of your home directory.....ie /home/username/foldingathome/installService)

When done, the folding@home smp client should be installed and running as a service. You can stop it and restart it with the following commands:

~/foldingathome/folding stop
~/foldingathome/folding start

You can confirm that F@H is running by typing the command "top" in the console and checking for FAH entries.

This is a very brief over view of the process. I apologize if I left major items out and hope to refine this post when I get home from work in a couple days and can sit down in front of my computer and walk through all the steps.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:48:48 Post Subject:

Dang... why not just install Cygwin?

acruxksa · Posted: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:48:22 Post Subject: