PhelanJKell

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I have been spreading the word of Bal3Wolf's linux distro, and trying to get everyone with their systems, especially quad's/c2d's running a VMware + linux distro to maximize performance and ppd for their farms.

This will be a guide to setting on how to:

-Download VMware 1.0.4
-Download ubuntu
-Installing VMware 1.04
-Ubuntu extraction and file placement
-VMware configuration
-Ubuntu configuration
-Ubuntu Priority settings
-Command line information

I will start this thread, and continue to add on as updates come. Please let me know if you need any other information by PM'ing me. Thanks all!

-Download VMware 1.0.4-

First Navigate to this page HERE.

You will then be navigated to this page: Please click where is says 'CLICK HERE' to continue.



After you click on the 'Download Now' button, you will be at the EULA Users Liscense agreement, read what you want then scroll to the bottom of the page and click 'YES'



Scroll down to the buttom of the page and click 'YES':



You will now be looking at a page like this; Click on the 'Binary.exe' to start the VMware 1.0.4 download, the download is 146.4mb. Once that has started, locate the and click 'Register' and follow the steps by completing all the necessary information.



Here is the registration form:



You will now be directed to this page, I would open notepad and save your serial key's for future references and uses.



You are now done with the first step, please be patient while waiting for the download too complete, if you have the bandwidth please move onto step 2 of this guide while the 'VMware 1.0.4' downloads.


-Download Ubuntu-

Here are hosted downloads of Ubuntu, more are coming, the download for 'Ubuntu' is ~270mb.

Location 1

or

https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/rvandev2/s...1%5B1%5D.4.exe

<edit by chozart>: The second link is faster, but not sure how long it'll last (it's the server of my old university... )

Once the Ubuntu download is completed you are done with this step, and depending if your VMware 1.0.4 download is done we can move on.

-Installing VMware 1.0.4-


Now that your 'VMware 1.0.4' download is complete, navigate to the file and double click it, you will see this as it loads, which may take a few minutes:




After a few seconds or minutes this screen will appear:




Once ready you will be presented with this screen, in which you will select 'NEXT':




You will now be at the License Agreement, select 'yes I accept the license agreement':




By default it installs too C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Server\, if acceptable click 'Next':




The next screen will show your computer name and ports the VMware program will access, click 'Next':



The next screen will give you the options of Creating icons on the desktop, quick launch tool bar, and start menu. I would recommend a desktop icon, though I remove the quick launch icon, then click 'Next':



This screen reminds you that to make any changes do so now, click 'Install:



After clicking 'Install' the progress bar will show how far along the installation is. It will take some minutes before installation is done, please be patient:



A series of windows will pop up, click 'Continue anyway' to continue:



The next screen will ask for your company name, and a place to enter the KEY code, which you saved in a notepad file. Enter the key and click 'Enter' to continue:



You have now installed VMware 1.0.4, click 'Finish' to continue, it will be followed by a window to restart, in which time restart your machine. A note though, on restart of windows you machine will take a few minutes to load everything. Once your desktop appears, please wait patiently until your network adapters have loaded and all your startup programs before you go to the next step:




-Ubuntu extraction and file placement-


Navigate to the Ubuntu download. Double click it and you will see this window:



Then click 'Browse' and navigate to the C:\Virtual Machine\ location and click 'OK'. If you have multiple HD's, VMware will place the virtual machines folder on the primary drive, though it may also put it on your secondary, take note to where it places the folder for this step:



You will be prompted back to this screen, in which the location should show C:\Virtual Machines, then click 'Install':



Now, if you are using a Dual Core system you will see only one Ubuntu folder, now you can proceed to to VMware Configuration. If you are running a Quad Core there are a few more steps to do. First navigate to the C:\Virtual Machines folder, and rename the ubuntu folder too ubuntu(1), then repeat the extraction process so you have two Ubuntu folders like this:



Quad Core users are now done with Ubuntu extraction.


-VMware configuration-


Ok, now we are setup VMware 1.0.4 and extracted either one instance of Ubuntu or two depending if your running a dual or quad core machine. Time to setup VMware, locate the desktop icon and double click it:



The first screen will pop up, make sure 'Local host' is checked, then click 'Ok':



VMware will now open and you will see a new interface. Click on 'Open Existing Virtual Machine':



This screen will follow, click 'Browse':



Now double click the first Ubuntu 1.2 folder:



Inside the folder you will see a 'Ubuntu 64-bit' file, click the file to highlight it and then click 'Open':



You will be at this window, if you are running a Dual core, you will see one Ubuntu, you are done and can click on 'OK' to move to the next step. If your running a Quad, you need to click 'Browse' locate that second folder of Ubuntu1.2(1) and repeat the process. In which case you will see two Ubuntu's like the photo below:



You are now done with this step, please refer to Ubuntu Configuration to continue.


-Ubuntu Configuration-

Now that you have setup the Virtual machines, you will be at this screen, if you are running a dual core, you will only see one 'Ubuntu' on the left. If your using a Quad core, you will have two 'Ubuntu's':



The first step is to select the first 'Ubuntu' on the left, and click the green arrow above to start the VM, a note: If you are setting up a Quad core, you can do both Ubuntu configurations at the same time, just click on the other ubuntu and click the green arrow, just double each step for the second instance of Ubuntu:



A screen will pop up asking, just select 'Copied it' and click 'OK':



Ubuntu will now load and do its self-tests/checks. When it is completed it will show you this screen. Sometimes it will load a check or two after the OCN login, just type the user: ocn and enter the password as if you were at the login:

Note: When you click inside the VMware/Ubuntu window, your mouse will disappear, do not panic. To get your mouse back and exit out of Ubuntu's window press CTRL ALT.

User: ocn
Pass: overclock



Once you have entered the username/password it will bring you to the prompt, at this time type in: ./fah6 -smp -configonly and hit enter:





You will now be directed inside the F@H config file, enter your information as shown, the last option will be a Machine ID, if running a dual core choose 1, if running a quad setup make one ID 1 and the other 2:



Now you will be back at the prompt, type: sudo reboot . This will restart Ubuntu:

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Log back in. Once at the prompt type: screen -r and you can see the F@H client working. It will download a WU and start crunching away:





You are now done with Ubuntu Configuration, there are more commands to learn, they will be located at the end of this guide. At this time you can close the VMware window, the services/proccesses will be running in the Task Manager. To view progress, open VMware, click ok for Local server. Click on the Ubuntu you wish to view on the left, the screen will be black, just click in the screen and press a button.


-Ubuntu Priority-

Open Task Manager, ctrl-alt-del, locate processes, click Image Name tab and scroll down till you see 'vmware-vmx.exe'. if you are running a quad core you will notice two. On a dual core setup you'll notice the CPU utilization shall be in the 90's and with a quad you'll see two in the 40's:



Right click on the first 'vmware-vmx.exe' and navigate to the priority. If you would like F@H to have no effect on your system performance but want it to use idle CPU power, select 'low'. You will be able to game/surf and do whatever you wish without a performance difference. I set both to 'High' when I go to bed, so the system is giving all the cpu processing power to the F@H client:



Dual core users are now done with Ubuntu Priority. Quad core users have one more step. With each instance of 'vmware-vmx.exe' navigate to 'set affinity'. For one instance let the CPU affinity be for core's 0 and 1. While the other instance of 'vmware-vmx.exe' be set to CPU 2 and 3:


and


That last step for priority is very important. If left on normal/high you will see a performance increase in daily activities on the computer/lag time of sorts.

Commands to remember are:

User: ocn
Pass: overclock
sudo reboot
sudo shutdown -P now
./fah6 -smp -configonly
./fah6 -smp


I will be adding/updating as necessary. Please let me know of any error's or complications. Thanks again all.

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What is Folding? HERE

VMware 2.0 & Arch/F@H Guide HERE

Blood Iron settings for Quad/C2D HERE

PhelanJKell

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Fold for the CAUSE! Folding@Home team: 37726

What is Folding? HERE

VMware 2.0 & Arch/F@H Guide HERE

Blood Iron settings for Quad/C2D HERE

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Thansk for the help on MSN tonight ;-)

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matt_s989

I currently run suse in vmware, i have arch in my inventory, was wondering is there any performance increase from suse to arch?

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Bal3Wolf

Be about the same but memory usage is less in arch compared to suse.

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matt_s989

Kind of what I was figuring. As of now I have 4gb, and 1gb dedicated to vmware. I average 1 or 2 smp wu's a day with this e6400 running 3.3ghz 24/7. Was just kinda hoping to get a little more out of this chip, lol

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DjQurt

what is vmware? like emulation stuff?

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tankman12

Its a virtual server to run another OS on without actually dual-booting.

VMWare

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Bal3Wolf

Very good phelan lol i suck at writing stuff easy to understand but i can do the hard part and figure things out and get them setup.

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