This has now happened twice. I return to my computer and find that there is a warning message that I have basically no hard drive space. I figured out the culprit by tracking down the Boinc project bins. Apparently Rosetta does something and creates a file (just over 16GB) that brings my machine to its knees.

I figured it was just a glitch thie first time so I wiped out all of my Boinc folders, reinstalled the latest Boinc software, and re-attached to each project. I also checked my preferences to be sure I had not missed something. At the time, I suspected Rosetta, but I figured it was something that would not happen again. After checking my Boinc preferences, I confimed that they will not allow more than 1GB to be used by all Boinc projects.

It just happened again last night. I wiped out the Rosetta bin (deleted the 16GB file), detatched from the project and will need some advice before participating again.

Any ideas?

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The only file that can grow beyond the limit you set for BOINC is the error log. If you have a 16GB error log, something major is messed up. This is a text file you should be able to open and read, and see what it's saying. I would suspect something like a missing file, that it tries to find over and over again. If you can correct the underlying error, this one should certainly go away!

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The only file that can grow beyond the limit you set for BOINC is the error log. If you have a 16GB error log, something major is messed up. This is a text file you should be able to open and read, and see what it's saying. I would suspect something like a missing file, that it tries to find over and over again. If you can correct the underlying error, this one should certainly go away!

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Sorry about the last blank post.

Have you ever tried to open a 16gb file? I can only imagine that it would be problematic. Also, I am unsure as to how I would fix anything. The application does not have any options that I can set. I guess it is some strange rare error with Rosetta.

I have been a SETI and BOINC user for years now and have never had any issues like this on my Mac or Windows machines.

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change your settings to allow not so much disk space, thats the easiest thing to do...
also set to connect every day, no more.

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change your settings to allow not so much disk space, thats the easiest thing to do...
also set to connect every day, no more.

Thnak you for the reply. I have my settings so that the computer connects several times a day. I also have my preferences set to allow no more than about 1GB of space to be used. Something somewhere is terribly wrong with Rosetta. A re-install of all Boinc projects that included deleting ALL of my Boinc related data :( and update of the preferences was not able to fix it.

It is looking like I am the only person with this particular problem. I will not be able to participate in Rosetta if this problem is not solved. Since detaching from Rosetta, the problem has not occurred.

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change your settings to allow not so much disk space, thats the easiest thing to do...
also set to connect every day, no more.

Thnak you for the reply. I have my settings so that the computer connects several times a day. I also have my preferences set to allow no more than about 1GB of space to be used. Something somewhere is terribly wrong with Rosetta. A re-install of all Boinc projects that included deleting ALL of my Boinc related data :( and update of the preferences was not able to fix it.

It is looking like I am the only person with this particular problem. I will not be able to participate in Rosetta if this problem is not solved. Since detaching from Rosetta, the problem has not occurred.

I have a very similiar issue. The program in the message tab tells me there is only 1g free. However program manager says over 20g is free.

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