Need help with ECM.

jasong · 2005-03-14, 00:58

Hey, guys, I've only been doing this for a week(or 1.5 months if you count Riesel Sieve) and I have a question.

I made the comment in another thread that I thought it would be better for me to sieve instead of prping. Mystwalker advised me to ECM. I know that prime95 has an option for that(or at least, I think I know), but I don't want to start up primenet and download work that I subsequently mess up.

Please advise.

Mystwalker · 2005-03-14, 19:46

ECMing has nothing to do with Primenet, so there's nothing to screw up.

I already posted the instructions needed for EMCing here. If something is still unclear, feel free to ask.

The posts there also explain how to compile gmp-ecm6 on your machine (assuming you use Windows - with Linux/MacOS X, it's even easier). It's really easy - and you have to do it for maximal performance.
Unfortunately, I only have binaries for Pentium4 and Pentium-M.

2005-03-14, 00:58	#1
jasong "Jason Goatcher" Mar 2005 3×7×167 Posts	Need help with ECM. Hey, guys, I've only been doing this for a week(or 1.5 months if you count Riesel Sieve) and I have a question. I made the comment in another thread that I thought it would be better for me to sieve instead of prping. Mystwalker advised me to ECM. I know that prime95 has an option for that(or at least, I think I know), but I don't want to start up primenet and download work that I subsequently mess up. Please advise.

2005-03-14, 19:46	#2
Mystwalker Jul 2004 Potsdam, Germany 3·277 Posts	ECMing has nothing to do with Primenet, so there's nothing to screw up. I already posted the instructions needed for EMCing here. If something is still unclear, feel free to ask. The posts there also explain how to compile gmp-ecm6 on your machine (assuming you use Windows - with Linux/MacOS X, it's even easier). It's really easy - and you have to do it for maximal performance. Unfortunately, I only have binaries for Pentium4 and Pentium-M.