Folding Forum

Thank you very much both. Yes, with the webclient i've got the prove that it's working on covid project already,

Now i have only to understand how to manually configure everything :S FAH does a pretty good job of automatically configuring everything when it's installed. You shouldn't need to manually configure anything unless you encounter a problem other than the three lines shown below. Proceed cautiously. ...

Not tried it, but I think this is it: OPTIONS: --chdir <string> Change directory before starting server. All files opened after this point, such as the configuration file, must have paths relative to the new directory. I think this did the trick. Now i have only to understand how to manually config...

The Windows installer will ask you if you want to put your programs in the standard directory for programs and if you want to put your work files in one of their standard locations for work files (probably a standard back in the days of Win98, but still functional). Once you make those selections, ...

How do i run a custom installation? The FAQ show only the tutorial for windows.
Should i ran FAHClient with some option to make it read a different working directory? Because in FAHControl i can't find anything about it and running FAHClient --configure is the same.

JimboPalmer wrote:Warning:
when you uninstall F@H, it deletes the working directory.

So do not set it to D: unless you mean to wipe out all of D:
Set it to something VERY specific so you don't put other data in the same directory.

Sure, i'll make a dedicated diredtory for it.

FINISH the current work units. Uninstall F@H. Reinstall F@H using the Custom Installation option. Set the Data Folder to your external HDD. FWIW, unless you have a very small SSD, it is unlikely you will use up all the write cycles of the SSD before you want to upgrade it anyhow... Thank you very m...

Hello, i successfully installed Folding@home on Arch Linux from the AUR repository and everything is fine, but how can i make it to use an external HDD to store and process WorkUnits since my stystem is installed on a SSD?