The Scottish Boinc Team

davidBAM wrote: ↑Sat Nov 10, 2018 8:43 am
(Yes, have now progressed to sourcing hardware especially for crunching. Previously it was a case of putting existing idle systems to work )

All I can do is laugh ... addictive isn't it Welcome aboard!

Happy to be able to keep you amused

Bryan wrote: ↑Sat Nov 10, 2018 2:40 pm

davidBAM wrote: ↑Sat Nov 10, 2018 8:43 am
(Yes, have now progressed to sourcing hardware especially for crunching. Previously it was a case of putting existing idle systems to work )

All I can do is laugh ... addictive isn't it Welcome aboard!

You're conversion to the dark side is complete Soon you'll be demanding the notorious black coloured name of the pirates

davidBAM wrote: ↑Sat Nov 10, 2018 8:43 am Has anyone got a Zotac Geforce GTX 1080 Ti Blower?

I guess not

davidBAM wrote: ↑Sun Nov 11, 2018 3:18 pm

davidBAM wrote: ↑Sat Nov 10, 2018 8:43 am Has anyone got a Zotac Geforce GTX 1080 Ti Blower?

I guess not

GPUBoss site is quite good for comparing GPU's

Did a quick goggle search for reviews but there doesn't seem to be much about it.

For 18.10 some changes include

in terminal as this is sometimes missing.

Lubuntu 18.04 comes with Synaptic and Software Updater, both under ‘System Tools’ in the menu or it should. Additional Drivers is a tab on software updater.


If 18.10 then Software updater is now called Discover Software Center and Synaptic is now muon. You will need to use one of these to get the nVidia drivers and the mentioned packages ( psensor etc. )

How to Launch

> System Tools ->Muon Package Manager -> Settings-> Configure Software Sources

> System Tools ->Discover Software Center -> Settings -> Ubuntu (Default) -> Settings (Gear icon) -> Software Sources

Lubuntu 18.10 short manual here

Sounds like you are not getting bootable media from the burn and so any hassles from Unix are yet to follow.

I've only ever copied the .iso to a USB stick and even then I used another unix machine to do it. Where are you? I'd be happy to mail you a known bootable USB stick.

Cruncher Pete wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:01 am I have been banished to Australia

I didn't know they still did that

A bootable unix USB stick is strange beast with specific partitioning and non-FAT file systems. The .iso has to copied absolutely raw in order for it to work. I feel sure that there are Windows utilities out there to do it but I've never used one, Nero looks promising but will of course have a proliferation of options unknown to we two. This is definitely step 1 and hence my offer to send you a known working stick. Please PM me an address if you want a Lubuntu stick - you can buy me a meat pie sometime as payment (Australia has the BEST pies of anywhere)

Step 2 will be persuading your BIOS to boot from that instead of any other bootable disks it can see on your system

PS : We have family in NSW so some of my favourite people in this world are Australian. You might yet become another favourite if I can help rescue you from Windows

Pete for creating ISO images on a USB stick I use a program called "ISO to USB". I've never had a problem with it.

When you have the ISO on the USB stick you will need to either go into BIOS at boot or press the correct function key" to get into the boot menu. Then you select the USB drive and go from there.

When you have the ISO on the USB stick I'd personally consider doing the actual install onto the USB HDD you mentioned. That would give the ability to play with the Linux without any worry of screwing up your Win10 installation. Once you get familiar with it then you can put it onto the internal HDD.

... and you around 10 days to try it out before your Airmail package arrives - I am just back from the Post Office

davidBAM wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:23 amA bootable unix USB stick is strange beast with specific partitioning and non-FAT file systems. The .iso has to copied absolutely raw in order for it to work. I feel sure that there are Windows utilities out there to do it but I've never used one, Nero looks promising but will of course have a proliferation of options unknown to we two.

From the instructions ......

Burn iso to USB. Use Universal USB installer https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal ... -as-1-2-3/

So simple to use it's embarrassing and works every time...... I don't know why I bother writing instructions that no one follows I'll get my coat now ..

Anyone doing Collatz on a GTX1070 of any brand? Wondered how they compared to the 1080

davidBAM wrote: ↑Thu Nov 29, 2018 3:56 pm Anyone doing Collatz on a GTX1070 of any brand? Wondered how they compared to the 1080

Yes. Beagle has a 1070 installed and on Collatz. 525 secs on average for a collatz task using optimisation.

Thanks, obviously lubuntu in your case?

No this one is on doze 7

davidBAM wrote: ↑Thu Nov 29, 2018 5:58 pm

It was an AMD 7970 hence why it is one of 3 systems I have that are doze. 7 is acceptable. Pulled AMD, stuck in 1070, installed drivers and went offshore.

I assume no keyboard, mouse or monitor. So BoincTasks and PC Anywhere type software? And do you BUY Win 7?

I'd be lost without "ssh -Y"

Keyboard, mouse and hdmi splitter box to monitor.