Dear Vic You should obtain a smooth restart pattern by adding both a flag in the neb.x input section,
BEGIN BEGIN_PATH_INPUT &PATH restart_mode='restart', / END_PATH_INPUT BEGIN_ENGINE_INPUT and a flag in the pw.x input section BEGIN_ENGINE_INPUT &CONTROL restart_mode='restart', / END_ENGINE_INPUT HTH Giuseppe On Tuesday 19 July 2011 12:33:09 Vic Bermudez wrote: > Hello, > > Can someone please tell me what is required to restart a NEB calculation > that has timed out ? What files from the initial run are needed for the > restart ? Are there any file naming conventions that must be followed ? > What modifications (other than restart_mode='restart') are needed in the > input file ? > One final question ... does it make any difference whether I restart > using > the latest .path file from the previous run or manually, using the latest > atom positions in the .crd file ? > > Thanks, > Vic Bermudez > > Victor M. Bermudez > Code 6876 > U.S. Naval Research Laboratory > 4555 Overlook Ave., S.W. > Washington, DC 20375-5347 > > Phone: 202-767-6728 > FAX: 202-767-1165 > E-mail: victor.bermudez at nrl.navy.mil > > _______________________________________________ > Pw_forum mailing list > Pw_forum at pwscf.org > http://www.democritos.it/mailman/listinfo/pw_forum -- ******************************************************** - Article premier - Les hommes naissent et demeurent libres et ?gaux en droits. Les distinctions sociales ne peuvent ?tre fond?es que sur l'utilit? commune - Article 2 - Le but de toute association politique est la conservation des droits naturels et imprescriptibles de l'homme. Ces droits sont la libert?, la propri?t?, la s?ret? et la r?sistance ? l'oppression. ******************************************************** ? ?Giuseppe Mattioli ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?CNR - ISTITUTO DI STRUTTURA DELLA MATERIA ? ? ?v. Salaria Km 29,300 - C.P. 10 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?I 00015 - Monterotondo Stazione (RM) ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Tel + 39 06 90672836 - Fax +39 06 90672316 ? ? ? ?E-mail: <giuseppe.mattioli at ism.cnr.it>