Author: Michael P. Nance Sr.
Date: 09:47:38 03/10/01
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On March 10, 2001 at 08:32:58, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On March 10, 2001 at 07:36:48, Michael P. Nance Sr. wrote: > >>i did this,Options/Endgame Tablebase/Install Tablebase,when the sub-window came >>up that asked for source(e:/)the cd rom,and it also asked for the target(c:/)the >>hard drive,I install all 4 of the endgames and a window from Shredder came up >>and said that the tablebases from each of the cds were copied.Why then is the >>shredder screen on my p/c showing that only the 2 middle tablebases show >>tablebase with 5 peices found[cache:1 mb+internal 7 .51mb],the first and the >>last are showing tablebase with 0 peices found[cache:1 mb+internal 0.00 mb].What >>does this mean?Do only two contain information?ddDdin't they copy correctly?The >>display on the shredder screen shows 4 tablebases.Firing off signal flare for >>help. Mike > >If you copied all the tablebase files to a single location then you only need to >use Path1. It's a path, not every single file. Why didn't you copy the files >into a specific folder instead of the root? That sounds messy, unless it's empty >of course. > >Since I'm having a hard time understanding what you've done, I'll try to explain >a step-by-step installation procedure, which might help you identify the >problem. > >1) Create a folder or partition where you want to keep all the tablebase files, >ie. C:\Tablebases. > >2) Install the tablebase files and choose the folder C:\Tablebases as target. > >3) When the copying has ended access "Path to Tablebases", press the browse >button to the right of the Path1 square, select the C:\Tablebases folder and >press OK. > >4) Now the "Path To Tablebases" window reads: > >Path1: C:\Tablebases. > >5) Press OK and the display should read: > >tablebases with X pieces found! [Cache: Y MB + internal Z.ZZ MB]. > >6) If you use 5 piece tablebases it might be a good idea to increase Cache. That >is done under "Options/Endgame Databases/Cache Size". I think 8Mb should be >okay, but using more doesn't hurt. The display will show that Y now equals 8. > >Hope that helps. > >Regards, >Mogens
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