----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacek Kolonko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "GIMPS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 5:38 PM Subject: RE: Mersenne: TF - an easy way to cheat
> > >One way to avoid this disappointment personally would be to focus > solely > > >upon TF or > > >P-1. > > > > To the best of my knowledge, there is no way in my version (22.8.1) to > > set the client to do only P-1. > > > > Read undoc.txt in your Prime95 directory: > > You can force prime95 to skip the trial factoring step prior to > running a Lucas-Lehmer test. In prime.ini add this line: > SkipTrialFactoring=1 That's not what Nathan meant, and it would have the opposite effect of what Torban wants, which is to guarantee that he never LLs an exponent which has not had a full factorisation effort. Nathan is correct that the client can't be set only to do P-1. I achieve this effect by setting SequentialWorkToDo=0, and by ensuring that it never runs out of exponents to P-1. This requires continual hands-on management, collecting new exponents, and unreserving completed ones. One advantage of this, from Torban's POV, is that his chance of finding a factor through P-1 is *increased* if it has not been properly TFed. > Jacek Kolonko Daran G. _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
