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Pedro Mariano

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Message 24958 - Posted: 20 May 2009, 19:42:04 UTC

Is it possible to turn an existing boinc installation into a service type one?

Or do i have to uninstall and re-install? And in this case, should i do some kind of backup or not?

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Message 24961 - Posted: 20 May 2009, 20:20:34 UTC - in response to Message 24958.  

You'll have to uninstall and reinstall. If you want to, you can make a backup of your BOINC Data directory.
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Message 24983 - Posted: 21 May 2009, 12:57:15 UTC

But the backup part is optional? Will boinc remember configurations and workunits?

And what folder/directory should i save? All files inside boinc main directory?

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Message 24985 - Posted: 21 May 2009, 13:09:20 UTC - in response to Message 24983.  

Backup is optional yes. BOINC will keep all information when upgrading.
It depends on which BOINC version you had before on what to backup:

BOINC 4 and 5: the whole BOINC directory with subdirectories.
BOINC 6: the separate BOINC Data directory with subdirectories.
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