Hello, we have it basically running, only the topic with our skin, which should be used is open. yoyo
Daniel Lombraña González wrote: > Hi everyone, > > As David said, we presented what yoyo is describing right now, in the > last BOINC workshop in Barcelona, Spain. We call those usb memories, > BOINC pills :) (check the attached image). > > The problems that you have can be solved as Rom Walton told, you but > the main problems of running BOINC within a memory is that, the first > time you run it, the benchmark tests are run taking into account the > hardware where the memory is plugged in. If then, you connect that USB > memory to another desktop PC, the claimed credit may be wrong. We talk > a bit about these issues in the workshop, and gave some pills to the > audience. I think that this idea of distributing BOINC in a memory is > worthy, as you will be able to contribute to projects from any > computer. Thus, if there are more people interesting in this topic, it > may be interesting to find the problems that may arise of using this > development, and try to fix them. > > What do you think? > > Daniel > > PS: we created the BOINC pills for Extremadurathome.org users. > > 2010/5/13 Richard Haselgrove <[email protected]>: > >> Yes, just tested - the "/a" administrative setup option is still present in >> v6.10.54 >> >> But it still has the problems I desribed in >> http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/847 - my INSTALLDIR and DATADIR have >> both been set to >> >> W:\downloads\BOINC setup files\v6-10-54_admin\program files\BOINC\ >> W:\downloads\BOINC setup files\v6-10-54_admin\CommonAppData\BOINC\ >> >> respectively. Since I've upgraded my network workstation to v6.10 since I >> wrote that ticket, I now can't run BOINC on this machine until I've done a >> registry restore. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicolás Alvarez" >> <[email protected]> >> To: "Rom Walton" <[email protected]> >> Cc: "Charlie Fenton" <[email protected]>; "BOINC Developers Mailing >> List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 6:06 AM >> Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] Boinc on USB Stick >> >> >> El 13/05/2010, a las 01:31, "Rom Walton" <[email protected]> escribió: >> >> >>> You should be able to: >>> 1. Install the version of BOINC you desire on a computer. >>> 2. Copy the contents of the executable directory (C:\Program >>> Files\BOINC) to the root of the flash drive >>> >>> Next you'll need to delete the registry entries the installer and the >>> manager use: >>> HKLM\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Setup >>> HKCU\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager >>> HKCU\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC >>> Screensaver >>> >> I recall there was an /a option in the installer (or in msiexec) to >> just extract the files without performing a full installation (doesn't >> touch registry or user accounts). Does that still work? >> >> >>> ----- Rom >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of yoyo >>> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 6:14 PM >>> To: Charlie Fenton >>> Cc: BOINC Developers Mailing List >>> Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] Boinc on USB Stick >>> >>> Answers inline. >>> thanks to take care about it. >>> yoyo >>> >>> Charlie Fenton wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Yoyo, >>>> >>>> Rom and I have 3 questions for you regarding your request for Boinc >>>> on a USB Stick. >>>> >>>> [1] At 13:56:56 PDT Tue May 11, 2010 Jorden van der Elst wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Use a cc_config.xml file with the following entries: >>>>> >>>>> <cc_config> >>>>> <options> >>>>> <simple_gui_only>1</simple_gui_only> >>>>> </options> >>>>> </cc_config> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I don't think this is what you want; it will make it impossible to >>>> switch to Advanced view. >>>> >>>> BOINC always starts in Simple View when first installed. But once it >>>> has run, it remembers the last view selected by the user and starts >>>> in that view. Does this not meet your needs? >>>> >>>> >>> Yes, this is OK for us. >>> >>> >>>> [2] From your message it is unclear whether you want the USB stick to >>>> >>> have : >>> >>>> (a) a BOINC installer which runs automatically, or >>>> (b) BOINC itself (Manager and Client) already installed on the >>>> >>> stick. >>> >>>> If (b), then do you want all of BOINC's data to also reside on the >>>> stick? Also, the BOINC installer normally sets a number of values in >>>> the Windows registry; if you want (b) we'll need to determine whether >>>> BOINC needs to be modified to run without those registry settings. >>>> >>>> >>> We want (b). Boinc should be completely installed on the USB stick and >>> run from there. At least this was possible with version 5.x. I have >>> this >>> version on a nfs network drive and start it from various computers, >>> which never before had any Boinc installation. We want to place a >>> account_<project>.xml with the weak account key in the Boinc folder. >>> This should be used by Boinc to download WUs from the project and run >>> them. >>> >>> >>>> [3] What is your time frame for having this (i.e., when do you need >>>> >>> it)? >>> >>>> >>> We have no special time line for it. We just working on it and want to >>> provide it as download on our homepage. >>> >>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> --Charlie >>>> >>>> -------- Original Message -------- >>>> Subject: [boinc_dev] Boinc on USB Stick >>>> Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 22:41:25 +0200 >>>> From: yoyo <[email protected]> >>>> To: BOINC Developers Mailing List <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I want to create a USB stick which runs Boinc (Windows and Linux) >>>> automatic if the USB stick is inserted and attaches automatic to an >>>> >>> weak >>> >>>> account key of our team in a predefined project. So far this is >>>> >>> working >>> >>>> but I have 2 problems: >>>> >>>> 1) Boinc always starts in the advanced view and not in the simple >>>> >>> view. >>> >>>> How to ensure, that Boinc starts with the simple view? >>>> >>>> 2) How to run Boinc by default with an different skin? Boinc should >>>> >>> run >>> >>>> with the skin of our team. I a skin/our_team folder in the Boinc >>>> directory with the complete skin. I'm als able to select this skin in >>>> Boinc preferences. But how to enable this skin by default? >>>> >>>> Kind Regards, >>>> yoyo >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> boinc_dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >>> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >>> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> boinc_dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >>> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >>> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. >>> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> boinc_dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >>> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >>> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> boinc_dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. >> >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
