Author: Brian Katz
Date: 14:43:40 06/08/04
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On June 08, 2004 at 10:58:29, GuyHaworth wrote: > >You seem to be having some disc-management problems. > > >http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/rjpawlak/reviews/ConvektaNalimovEndgameCDs.html >says that, for the Convekta set: > >a) KRPKQ is on CD 2 and KRBKQ (4), KRNKQ (2), KQRKQ (6) and KRRKQ (9) exist too. > > >I forgot that your program might be generating subgame DTM EGTs before going on >to KRPKQ proper. > >Anyway, if you can monitor progress, you will have some feel for how long it >takes > >g I discovered a problem with one of my Discs. After 54 hours of creating KRPKQ, I chose to stop the program. It made no sense to me, when this did not happen the last time I used the Tablebase Generator to create the missing files. I did in the 53rd hour, what I should have done very early on. I searched my CD set to find the file. The files KRPKQ are on the 4 disc Nalimov Endgame Turbo from Chessbase, which I have had for a number of years now. It is also on Disc 2 of the ChessAssistant Tablebase Disc. I simply cancelled the program and copied the 2 files to my tablebase folder within a matter of minutes !!! Oh Well. I feel Silly after 54 hours !! I have 2 9 Disc sets of ChessAssistant Tablebases, due to an error in mailing. What I did find last time around was that I was having trouble installing the tablebases on one of the discs. I did not pay too much attention to it then, as I just threw in the disc from the other set, and I was good to go. What I did find this time around, this afternoon to be exact, was that my computer could not read Disc 2 of one of the sets today. It installed from that Disc, the other day, but evidently, there were problems. Today it would not read the disk. Saying it was corrupted. I placed the other Disc 2 in, and it read it just fine. I then copied the 2 files to my Tablebase folder, and life is beautiful again. Lots of wasted time.....But not so wasted, if anyone has learned from my foolish mistake......... It turned out that only one of the two Tablebase files for KRPKQ were installed. Both are needed to be complete. Briab
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