How do I do this? I\'m not quitting the project, don\'t worry. I\'m just planning to reformat my hard drive after my current model finishes, and so I don\'t want it to download a new model just to have me reformat the drive. I recall reading somewhere how each model we get is unique and so we\'re encouraged to finish them when we get them. I don\'t want to waste a unique model, so there must be some way to upload the results without downloading a new model. Then I\'ll download a new model after I\'ve reformatted my HD.


*AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 2.17 Ghz, crunching @ ~2.5 s/ts
*Intel Pentium III 500 Mhz, crunching @ ~10.3 s/ts

> How do I do this? I'm not quitting the project, don't worry. I'm just
> planning to reformat my hard drive after my current model finishes, and so I
> don't want it to download a new model just to have me reformat the drive. I
> recall reading somewhere how each model we get is unique and so we're
> encouraged to finish them when we get them. I don't want to waste a unique
> model, so there must be some way to upload the results without downloading a
> new model. Then I'll download a new model after I've reformatted my HD.
>
>
> *AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 2.17 Ghz, crunching @ ~2.5 s/ts
> *Intel Pentium III 500 Mhz, crunching @ ~10.3 s/ts
>

I think that if you set your "keep enough work on disk to last..." to zero days no more work will be downloaded (someone correct me if I am wrong on this).

> > How do I do this? I'm not quitting the project, don't worry. I'm just
> > planning to reformat my hard drive after my current model finishes, and
> so I
> > don't want it to download a new model just to have me reformat the drive.
> I
> > recall reading somewhere how each model we get is unique and so we're
> > encouraged to finish them when we get them. I don't want to waste a
> unique
> > model, so there must be some way to upload the results without
> downloading a
> > new model. Then I'll download a new model after I've reformatted my HD.
> >
> >
> > *AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 2.17 Ghz, crunching @ ~2.5 s/ts
> > *Intel Pentium III 500 Mhz, crunching @ ~10.3 s/ts
> >
>
> I think that if you set your "keep enough work on disk to last..." to zero
> days no more work will be downloaded (someone correct me if I am wrong on
> this).
>
No matter what the connect setting is when BOINC runs out of work it will get another workunit. You can set the disk space limits to something that can not be met and not get work that way.
<br>John Keck -- BOINCing since 2002/12/08 -- <a href="http://www.boinc.dk/index.php?page=user_statistics&amp;project=cpdn&amp;userid=191"><img border="0" height="80" src="http://191.cpdn.sig.boinc.dk?188"></a>

I think you will be able to back up the whole BOINC directory reformat and setup your computer again, then copy the BOINC directory onto your computer and reinstall the program over the BOINC dir and it will install as if it is a minor upgrade.

Be aware! I have not tried this with CPDN. I have just found this post http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/forum_thread.php?id=812
<img src="http://boinc.mundayweb.com/cpdn/stats.php?userID=74&amp;trans=off">

Hm, I think I will have to either try the space limiting thing or waste a WU. Part of the problem* is that I'm making my computer dual-boot Linux/Windows afterwards, and I think I will probably install BOINC in Linux and not Windows, so it's not like I can do the install over new directory option.

(*Actually, it may be just part of the solution. I've become fed up with Windows. The internet is very patchy on my computer right now, I can't figure out what's wrong with it. As a matter of fact I'm using my Linux box to type this up. I'm tired of it, I've decided that Windows is overrated and overpriced, so I'm going to use mainly Linux after I reformat the hard drive. The Windows install will be mainly for school/gaming. I've also decided that when I build my next computer I'm not going to use Windows at all, and only go with Linux. It certainly will make it a lot cheaper :-D)


*AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 2.17 Ghz, crunching @ ~2.5 s/ts
*Intel Pentium III 500 Mhz, crunching @ ~10.3 s/ts