Mersenne: Replies to Yikes !! Restart?
The consensus, as I read the messages, is that all is O.K. Soon I will have Test=9028373,63 Test=999,63 Test=999,63 Test=999,63 and LL factoring will resume on 9028373. I hope this is right as I will be away for a week starting Tuesday, June 6, 2000. All in all, there is and has not been any lost time as the factoring was going to be done anyway. I am running Version 19. The improvements to version 20 seem slight. At 06:23 AM 6/4/00 -0400, you wrote: >I was testing 9,028,373 from a worktodo.ini file that said > >Test=9028373,63 > >That is all the worktodo.ini file said. I use manual prime retrieval and >asked for, and got from George, three new numbers as 9,028,373 was my only >number. > >The worktodo.ini file was changed to > >Test=9028373,63 >Test=new number 1,60 >Test=new number 2,60 >Test=new number 3,60 > >There are line feeds at the end of the ,63 and ,60 so there are no extra >blanks anywhere in the worktodo.ini file. The changes were made while >9,028,373 was running with notepad or one of the other simple MicroSoft >utilities. The changes were tehn saved and the worktodo.ini file has the >four numbers. > >Suddenly, 9028373, which was at 14% done, disappeared!! In its place,.the >P-III (450 MHz) was factoring new number 1 (pass 1 of 16). There is >nothing, nada, zilch, zippo, about the loss of 9028373 in the results file. > >Why? It is true that I briefly shut down as I often do to clear Java files, >but I invariably go to the LL test screen, click for STOP and then click for >EXIT. At startup, the LL testing starts up again automatically (thanks to >some one who gave me fine explicit instructions as to how to do this). I >believe the STOP and then EXIT saves the latest p and q files so I lose only >a few minutes, not up to 1/2 hour or whenever the last p and q files were >saved. > >I have often used Norton Utilities to (a) system check for errors and there >is a persistant error that crops up from playing Java based chess (after 15 >or so games; it takes that many to win just once) and to (b) speed disk, >(another Norton Utilities feature), i.e., reorganize the C drive. But I >have been doing this for MONTHS AND MONTHS while running LL tests (more than >250 done over the years) and have never had an ill effect. > >I will have to restart 9028373 but then, why did it stop? Is this a >microsoft feature (i.e. a bug that in an undocumented yet powerful add on)? > >Also, should I just stop the factoring passes and restart so that I am back >again on prime 9028373? > >The MERSENNE directory where I have all the files and programs has a >p9028373 file, a q9028373 file and a p file for the new number. I'd like to >resume on the p and q files for 9028373, obviously. > >Anybody can respond. Ask for more info if you need it. > _ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
Mersenne: Re: Yikes !! Restart?
On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 06:23:55AM -0400, Vincent J. Mooney Jr. wrote: >Suddenly, 9028373, which was at 14% done, disappeared!! In its place,.the >P-III (450 MHz) was factoring new number 1 (pass 1 of 16). This is quite normal. From readme.txt: --- Furthermore, the program may start factoring exponents before a previous Lucas-Lehmer test completes. This is normal! The program will resume the Lucas-Lehmer test when the factoring completes. --- Don't worry -- your LL test will start again when the factoring completes. /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://members.xoom.com/sneeze/ _ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
Mersenne: Yikes !! Restart?
I was testing 9,028,373 from a worktodo.ini file that said Test=9028373,63 That is all the worktodo.ini file said. I use manual prime retrieval and asked for, and got from George, three new numbers as 9,028,373 was my only number. The worktodo.ini file was changed to Test=9028373,63 Test=new number 1,60 Test=new number 2,60 Test=new number 3,60 There are line feeds at the end of the ,63 and ,60 so there are no extra blanks anywhere in the worktodo.ini file. The changes were made while 9,028,373 was running with notepad or one of the other simple MicroSoft utilities. The changes were tehn saved and the worktodo.ini file has the four numbers. Suddenly, 9028373, which was at 14% done, disappeared!! In its place,.the P-III (450 MHz) was factoring new number 1 (pass 1 of 16). There is nothing, nada, zilch, zippo, about the loss of 9028373 in the results file. Why? It is true that I briefly shut down as I often do to clear Java files, but I invariably go to the LL test screen, click for STOP and then click for EXIT. At startup, the LL testing starts up again automatically (thanks to some one who gave me fine explicit instructions as to how to do this). I believe the STOP and then EXIT saves the latest p and q files so I lose only a few minutes, not up to 1/2 hour or whenever the last p and q files were saved. I have often used Norton Utilities to (a) system check for errors and there is a persistant error that crops up from playing Java based chess (after 15 or so games; it takes that many to win just once) and to (b) speed disk, (another Norton Utilities feature), i.e., reorganize the C drive. But I have been doing this for MONTHS AND MONTHS while running LL tests (more than 250 done over the years) and have never had an ill effect. I will have to restart 9028373 but then, why did it stop? Is this a microsoft feature (i.e. a bug that in an undocumented yet powerful add on)? Also, should I just stop the factoring passes and restart so that I am back again on prime 9028373? The MERSENNE directory where I have all the files and programs has a p9028373 file, a q9028373 file and a p file for the new number. I'd like to resume on the p and q files for 9028373, obviously. Anybody can respond. Ask for more info if you need it. _ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
