Michael Oates wrote:
>How do I start factoring when I am part way through doing
>an LL test, I would just like to have a break from LL tests
>for a few weeks and do some factoring, but I don't want to
>loose the number I am part way through.
>
>What is the procedure to use?
There's actually 3 ways you could go about doing this...
1) Request exponents to factor thru the manual testing forms
at http://www.entropia.com/ips/manualtests.html#checkouts
and then add them to your WORKTODO.INI file at the beginning
(stopping PRIME95 first, adding the lines, then continuing).
2) Make sure PRIME95 is set up to request factoring, stop PRIME95,
edit the WORKTODO.INI file to remove the LL-test, save the
WORKTODO.INI file, continue PRIME95 and let it contact IPS
and request some factoring work, stop PRIME95, re-edit the
WORKTODO.INI file, add the LL-test back at the end, save the
WORKTODO.INI file, and continue PRIME95. NOTE: Cut and Paste
works best if doing it this way.
3) Start a new instance of PRIME95 doing factoring work. At
this point you can either let the new instance run (stopping
the original instance while the new instance in running), or
stop both instances, combine the WORKTODO.INI files into the
original instance's WORKTODO.INI file (having the LL-test at
the end), and continue on with the original instance of
PRIME95.
I sure there are probably a couple of other ways too....
Eric
_________________________________________________________________
Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm
Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
