Thread 'Merge Computers does not work.'

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old_user10215 Send message Joined: 2 Sep 04 Posts: 2 Credit: 96,365 RAC: 0	Message 7250 - Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 14:43:31 UTC Not a big issue but I was trying to merge a computer which was reinstalled and upgraded, when in the merge Window no other host was shown to click on. I have 5 other hosts and not one was shown... Is this a site error or is this not possible anymore... Somewhere I read someting about null hosts but these hosts are all not null hosts... Thanks for any help. ID: 7250 · Reply Quote

old_user802 Send message Joined: 11 Aug 04 Posts: 22 Credit: 273,912 RAC: 0	Message 7259 - Posted: 12 Jan 2005, 1:23:35 UTC If your upgrade was a change of processor-type or OS type then the system considers it a different computer. ie you cannot merge a win98 with an xp or an intel with an amd. Hope this helps. <img src="http://www.boincstats.com/stats/teambanner.php?teamname=GasBuddy"> <img src="http://www.boincstats.com/stats/banner.php?cpid=84c0cf7846cbf28338406e54b3eb8a83"> ID: 7259 · Reply Quote

old_user10215 Send message Joined: 2 Sep 04 Posts: 2 Credit: 96,365 RAC: 0	Message 7280 - Posted: 13 Jan 2005, 23:37:16 UTC - in response to Message 7259. Thanks Pete49, This helped me. The processor did not change, but the OS did ... --> Was win2k upgraded to XP... still It would be a nice thing to be abler to merge those results in order to avoid getting a lot of hosts in case one upgrades a lot :) ID: 7280 · Reply Quote

Keck_Komputers Send message Joined: 5 Aug 04 Posts: 426 Credit: 2,426,069 RAC: 0	Message 7282 - Posted: 14 Jan 2005, 10:00:59 UTC Eventually the server will have no more data for a host that is not in use. After this happens the host can be deleted from the computer page. The problem is with the size of CPDN workunits it may take a year or longer for the data to be removed. BOINC WIKI BOINCing since 2002/12/8 ID: 7282 · Reply Quote

Andrew Hingston Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 17 Aug 04 Posts: 753 Credit: 9,804,700 RAC: 0	Message 7284 - Posted: 14 Jan 2005, 11:11:47 UTC - in response to Message 7282. > Eventually the server will have no more data for a host that is not in use. > After this happens the host can be deleted from the computer page. The problem > is with the size of CPDN workunits it may take a year or longer for the data > to be removed. > It's worth adding that some users would regret losing information about work done - the proportion of failures, the parameters of the models, the results where the WU has been crunched by another machine, etc. So keeping the results on the server is a plus in most respects. The situation is very different to SETI, though I know that even there some users would like to be able to view their results for longer. ID: 7284 · Reply Quote

old_user1521 Send message Joined: 26 Aug 04 Posts: 1 Credit: 394,394 RAC: 0	Message 7387 - Posted: 19 Jan 2005, 22:21:34 UTC - in response to Message 7284. I've got the same problem with merge 2 pcs and there is 1 pc without any info on my list without any credits that i would like to remove too. ID: 7387 · Reply Quote