My single p.c running xp pro has had linux put on the hard drive. XP is running SETI, as is linux. Does BOINC see my Linux SETI as a different machine as there are two accounts. I can only run one or the other which concerns me if the workload is based on seperate machines. Can anyone give me a definitive answer regarding this.
I notice that the the processing of a task seems considerably slower on Linux when I look at seconds ticking away.

BOINC sees the Linux and XP installations as separate PCs, with separate hostID numbers and separate batches of work registered to it.

No, there is no way for both hostIDs on the same computer to crunch the same work.

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Thank you Jord for the quick reply. It appears that if XP and Linux are treated seperately, I may not be able to fulfill the workload as I have to split the runningtime between XP and Linux. I will have to see how it goes

Richard Nolan

...Does BOINC see my Linux SETI as a different machine as there are two accounts...

There should only be one (user) account (per project), but with two "Computers on this account".

Gruß,
Gundolf

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Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)

Thank you Jord for the quick reply. It appears that if XP and Linux are treated seperately, I may not be able to fulfill the workload as I have to split the runningtime between XP and Linux. I will have to see how it goes

Richard Nolan

Boinc keeps a record of how much time a host actually crunches and will only download enough for that time. However, it will take quite a while for Boinc to get a good average for the host. In your case Linux and XP will each be regarded as a host.

For a while my son dual booted XP and Vista, so I experimented with this. The problem is that if your usage varies greatly (as his did), Boinc doesn't always get it right and you get work not finished in time.

Just an extra half-off-topic comment based on another experiment with his system:
On an XP - Vista system, if you use separate Boinc folders for the 2 installations, but a common BoincData folder, it does work. It seems that the OS is seen by projects as the same. But obviously this won't work for Linux - XP.

Rod