Error Writing Intermediate File

jinydu · 2010-09-08, 21:01

Suggestions please?

Thanks

Uncwilly · 2010-09-08, 21:08

Has there been a change in users on this machine? If so, check file permissions.

cheesehead · 2010-09-09, 02:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by jinydu

Suggestions please?

Disk is full?

User's disk quota is all in use?

ckdo · 2010-09-09, 05:34

Some technical background (assuming old naming conventions):

There should be two save files for your exponent, pO983639 and qO983639. A third file, rO983639 will be created when progress needs to be saved. Then either the p- or q-file will be deleted and the r-file renamed accordingly.

Now the error says the r-file could not be written. This may mean what cheesehead and Uncwilly said, or filesystem corruption, or bad disk blocks, or simply that a file of that name already exists, and is write protected. Make sure that this is not the case. Also make sure the p- and q-files are not write protected, either (if they exist). I'm not sure whether there's a separate error message if the renaming fails.

If you don't mind about your 0.09% progress, you could even simply remove whichever of the 3 files exist, and restart the exponent from scratch.

cheesehead · 2010-09-09, 14:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by ckdo

Some technical background (assuming old naming conventions):

There should be two save files for your exponent, pO983639 and qO983639. A third file, rO983639 will be created when progress needs to be saved. Then either the p- or q-file will be deleted and the r-file renamed accordingly.

IIRC (* Checks own prime95 directory -- yeah *), the p-file is always the newer of the two (p,q). So first the r-file is written, then the q-file is deleted, then the p-file is renamed the q-file, then the r-file is renamed the p-file.

Rhyled · 2010-09-09, 22:42

My older XP machine running Prime95 eventually throws this type of error after a few weeks of continuous running. I think it's related to a memory leak somewhere (not necessarily Prime95), but gave up troubleshooting it.

A reboot fixes everything for the next couple of weeks.

jinydu · 2010-09-10, 05:47

Deleting all save files (and a few other files to clear up disk space) and starting again fixed the problem, at least for now. Thanks

P.S. I lost far more than 0.09%. The test had been a little over 50% done; but this was lost due to a computer restart.

2010-09-08, 21:01	#1
jinydu Dec 2003 Hopefully Near M48 2·3·293 Posts	Error Writing Intermediate File Suggestions please? Thanks Attached Thumbnails

2010-09-09, 05:34	#4
ckdo Dec 2007 Cleves, Germany 2×5×53 Posts	Some technical background (assuming old naming conventions): There should be two save files for your exponent, pO983639 and qO983639. A third file, rO983639 will be created when progress needs to be saved. Then either the p- or q-file will be deleted and the r-file renamed accordingly. Now the error says the r-file could not be written. This may mean what cheesehead and Uncwilly said, or filesystem corruption, or bad disk blocks, or simply that a file of that name already exists, and is write protected. Make sure that this is not the case. Also make sure the p- and q-files are not write protected, either (if they exist). I'm not sure whether there's a separate error message if the renaming fails. If you don't mind about your 0.09% progress, you could even simply remove whichever of the 3 files exist, and restart the exponent from scratch. Last fiddled with by ckdo on 2010-09-09 at 05:35

2010-09-09, 22:42	#6
Rhyled May 2010 3²·7 Posts	Same problem, I just reboot My older XP machine running Prime95 eventually throws this type of error after a few weeks of continuous running. I think it's related to a memory leak somewhere (not necessarily Prime95), but gave up troubleshooting it. A reboot fixes everything for the next couple of weeks.

2010-09-10, 05:47	#7
jinydu Dec 2003 Hopefully Near M48 1758₁₀ Posts	Deleting all save files (and a few other files to clear up disk space) and starting again fixed the problem, at least for now. Thanks P.S. I lost far more than 0.09%. The test had been a little over 50% done; but this was lost due to a computer restart. Last fiddled with by jinydu on 2010-09-10 at 05:48

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Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 2³×7×167 Posts	Has there been a change in users on this machine? If so, check file permissions.