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any way to change the data drive?
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Send message Joined: 28 Mar 12 Posts: 6 Credit: 738,087 RAC: 0 |
I would prefer this project to any other in BOINC, but you store all your intermediate data on C drive. For me, that is a small, fast SSD with not enough free space to run your project. I can find no way to redirect to my 2 TB drive, even after hacking through the config files. You might want to allow the user to select which drive the data is on. --flk They call me the psychoactive, hyperactive, hyperbolic, hypergolic, window ledge over-the-edge, screwy, chiral, downward-spiral, ass upended, fair-weather-friended, CPU freq, science geek. |
Send message Joined: 15 Aug 14 Posts: 6 Credit: 1,664,288 RAC: 53 |
Yes, follow this link |
Send message Joined: 28 Mar 12 Posts: 6 Credit: 738,087 RAC: 0 |
So I have to remove and reinstall BOINC? Forget it; I'll just do another astrophysics project. They call me the psychoactive, hyperactive, hyperbolic, hypergolic, window ledge over-the-edge, screwy, chiral, downward-spiral, ass upended, fair-weather-friended, CPU freq, science geek. |
Send message Joined: 8 May 09 Posts: 3339 Credit: 524,010,781 RAC: 9 |
So I have to remove and reinstall BOINC? It's Boinc that needs reinstalling, ANY project you sign up for will use the folders you choose, sounds like the defaults, when you installed Boinc. Uninstalling and then reinstalling, using the options shown in the link, will get Boinc, and all of the projects you sign up, for off your C: drive. It's your "data" folder that Boinc is using, changing that on your own IS possible, but not nearly as easy as uninstalling and reinstalling and changing the folders in the process. |
Send message Joined: 4 Sep 12 Posts: 219 Credit: 456,474 RAC: 0 |
And uninstalling the BOINC programs doesn't delete your data folder. The whole process - uninstall, move folder, reinstall with manual selection of new location - takes about a minute (once you understand the process), and doesn't even lose tasks in progress. |
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