Re: Mersenne: A runaway P95 install script?

2002-03-22 Thread Steve Harris
The default for either network retries or modem retries (I forget which, big surprise) is 2 minutes. If there is a communications problem with the machine (asking for exponents but not receiving them for some reason), that would explain the timing. Also, if the machine is running unattended and

Re: Mersenne: A runaway P95 install script?

2002-03-22 Thread Gareth Randall
...Almost want a three strikes and you're out :-) Seriously, though, if this is a widespread problem then we should consider some sort of web-based form or automated e-mail confirmation system where the user basically says Yes, I'm about to request a stack of exponents and I am serious - this

Mersenne: A runaway P95 install script?

2002-03-21 Thread C. Garrison
Hi all. There was some discussion earlier about a team that reserved several thousand exponents only to let them expireafter 60 days. I'm not sure we ever resolved what was happening then, but we have something similar on another team now. Is there anyone who can speak for BART (machine) on

Re: Mersenne: A runaway P95 install script?

2002-03-21 Thread Henk Stokhorst
C. Garrison wrote: Hi all. There was some discussion earlier about a team that reserved several thousand exponents only to let them expire after 60 days. I'm not sure we ever resolved what was happening then, but we have something similar on another team now. Is there anyone who can