After a power failure, BOINC 4.13 did an automatic reset:

--- - 2005-01-18 14:00:33 - Starting BOINC client version 4.13 for windows_intelx86
climateprediction.net - 2005-01-18 14:00:34 - Project prefs: using your defaults
--- - 2005-01-18 14:00:34 - Can't parse workunit in state file
--- - 2005-01-18 14:00:34 - State file has different major version (0.00); resetting projects
climateprediction.net - 2005-01-18 14:00:34 - Resetting project
climateprediction.net - 2005-01-18 14:00:35 - Host ID is 7912
--- - 2005-01-18 14:00:35 - General prefs: from climateprediction.net (last modified 2004-08-07 18:45:52)
--- - 2005-01-18 14:00:35 - General prefs: using your defaults
--- - 2005-01-18 14:00:36 - Insufficient work; requesting more
climateprediction.net - 2005-01-18 14:00:36 - Requesting 1721454 seconds of work
climateprediction.net - 2005-01-18 14:00:36 - Sending request to scheduler: http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc_cgi/cgi
climateprediction.net - 2005-01-18 14:00:39 - Scheduler RPC to http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc_cgi/cgi succeeded
climateprediction.net - 2005-01-18 14:00:39 - Project prefs: using your defaults
climateprediction.net - 2005-01-18 14:00:40 - Started download of hadsm3_4.04_windows_intelx86.exe
climateprediction.net - 2005-01-18 14:00:40 - Started download of hadsm3data_4.04_windows_intelx86.zip

Isn't it a stupid way to lose _a lot_ of work? I blame BOINC for not using an appropiate backup system

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Commiserations.

Perhaps your wu was at a critical point when the failure occurred, such as file write.
I've had two power failures due to lightning activity, both only a second or two, which caused the
computer to re-boot, and a power outage of 1.5 hours, which left me in the dark.
When the power was restored, my computer powered up OK, as did BOINC / CP.

You may need to do a human initiated backup now and then if power failures are a "feature" in your area.

Les

> Perhaps your wu was at a critical point when the failure occurred, such as
> file write.
As I understand, CPDN is pretty disc-intensive anyway, so there's a quite high probability of something going wrong. I wonder if anybody developing BOINC is aware of the problem...

> I've had two power failures due to lightning activity, both only a second or
> two, which caused the
> computer to re-boot, and a power outage of 1.5 hours, which left me in the
> dark.
> When the power was restored, my computer powered up OK, as did BOINC / CP.
The Windows machine crashed sometimes, but I never lost work. If I ever feel sadistic, I'm going to see if random pulled-the-computer-power-cord-out-of-the-socket accidents cause BOINC to reset.

> You may need to do a human initiated backup now and then if power failures are
> a "feature" in your area.
Hindsight is 20/20 :) :(

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