Congratulations. Those units take between 24 to 26 hours on my best machine.
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After the server issues the last few days, it certainly appears as though the stats are starting to catch up. I didn't see any invalids, errors, or aborts out of this. It all works out in the end.
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My doctor has been after me for several years to get the shingles vaccine, so I finally did it. It is a two shot deal about a month apart. The first one wasn't too bad, but I got the chills which is a known side effect. I put the electric blanket on, turned up and eventually got warm. So, when I got the second shot I was told it would be a little worse, but I figured I could do the same thing again and no big deal. The pharmacy tech was right. It was worse, but not so bad as to be terrible. I used the same technique, went to bed, turned on the juice and after a while I was warm again. It just took longer this time. I figured better to get the shots than get the shingles. Pretty much everything I heard about them was bad. I even remember Terry Bradshaw talking about them. Probably would not have been quite as bad if I hadn't put off getting the shot. Just stubborn I suppose.
Anyway, stay safe and healthy.
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Yes, I am running a couple of different versions of Linux Mint, versions 17, 18 and 20 ( all MATE). As long as the old versions are running without any problems, I just leave them alone. Once the USB stick conks out I will update that system to a new version. Some of those USB sticks have lasted more than a couple of years running on the 24 thread systems. They all just run the live version. I have tried a couple of other distros including Puppy, which all worked, but I did not like them as much. The reason I use the USB sticks is I believe they use the least amount of electricity. About 80% of the finished units have the same amount of time listed for cpu time and elapsed time. The rest only have maybe 1/10th of anhour more elapsed time than cpu time, so I know this distro is quite efficient. Of course these are all dedicated crunchers with nothing else running on them.
Good luck with the re-install.
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Yes, I did work on it for while, but I could not get it to boot. I tried several different things, but put it aside for a while. I will probably give it a fresh look sometime in the later fall and winter. I will try to come at it with a new perspective. If I do get it running I will let you know.
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