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Subject: Re: Shredder 5

Author: Michael P. Nance Sr.

Date: 11:13:49 03/10/01

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On March 10, 2001 at 12:47:38, Michael P. Nance Sr. wrote:

>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
Each time I start Shredder now it ask for the disc.Whats wrong now/ What can I
do to check to see if the Tablebases are installed correctly and proforming
right?Each 5 peice endgame now shows 16 mb,is that too much for my gig processor
with 512 mb of ram ?



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