why not implement running Linux under a virtual box for GpuGrid (Roseta@home does)

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Life v lies: Dont be a DNA-den... Send message Joined: 14 Feb 20 Posts: 16 Credit: 27,395,983 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 61251 - Posted: 13 Feb 2024, 3:35:14 UTC Last modified: 13 Feb 2024, 3:35:53 UTC For those of us who run (willy-nilly) windoze, ... why not implement running Linux under a virtual box (Roseta@home does) ----- LLP, PhD, PE ID: 61251 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Ian&Steve C. Send message Joined: 21 Feb 20 Posts: 1116 Credit: 40,839,470,595 RAC: 6,423 Level Scientific publications	Message 61255 - Posted: 13 Feb 2024, 12:52:20 UTC - in response to Message 61251. Last modified: 13 Feb 2024, 12:53:19 UTC Vbox doesn't support GPUs. would be pointless for this project that only has GPU work. this project has Windows apps. just wait for work from one of the other projects (ACEMD3 and ATM). and/or wait for a windows version of this newer app. Windows application is planned, but it takes more times for them to create one. ID: 61255 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

goldfinch Send message Joined: 5 May 19 Posts: 36 Credit: 711,308,218 RAC: 60 Level Scientific publications	Message 61266 - Posted: 14 Feb 2024, 8:03:36 UTC - in response to Message 61255. Last modified: 14 Feb 2024, 8:05:04 UTC There should be a way to run BOINC in WSL, but i haven't figured out how to make GPU available for BOINC. There are ways to use GPU in WSL with, for example, tensor libraries for Python, but my knowledge of GPUs, CUDA, Linux and WSL is below zero, so waiting for someone to post instructions... Actually, I managed to run BOINC in WSL/Ubuntu - this was WCG that runs on CPUs. The only problem is to make GPU detectable in WSL... ID: 61266 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

[BAT] Svennemans Send message Joined: 27 May 21 Posts: 54 Credit: 1,004,151,720 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 61267 - Posted: 14 Feb 2024, 10:32:16 UTC - in response to Message 61266. There should be a way to run BOINC in WSL, but i haven't figured out how to make GPU available for BOINC. There are ways to use GPU in WSL with, for example, tensor libraries for Python, but my knowledge of GPUs, CUDA, Linux and WSL is below zero, so waiting for someone to post instructions... Actually, I managed to run BOINC in WSL/Ubuntu - this was WCG that runs on CPUs. The only problem is to make GPU detectable in WSL... In WSL2 the GPU is visible out of the box with support from the latest NVidia drivers. There's only 1 issue with symbolic links that's easy to fix So the procudure is simply to install latest NVidia driver, install WSL2 with an arbitrary distro, apply fix for /usr/lib/wsl/lib/libcuda.so.1 is not a symbolic link and then install/run BOINC. Works like a charm. However: There's an issue with running the Quantum Chemistry WU's that's not related to the GPU visibility, so it won't help you for that. Other GPU projects run fine in WSL2/Ubuntu though - like Moo! ID: 61267 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote