[gmx-users] restart the calculation----- checksum error

[Justin Lemkul]

On 7/2/14, 5:59 AM, Guo, Yanan (IPC) wrote:
> Hello dear gmx-users,
>
> I tried to restart the calculation, but there is always one checksum error as:
>
> Program mdrun_mpi, VERSION 4.6.1
> Source code file: /home/kit/ipc/nw2011/gromacs-4.6.1/src/gmxlib/checkpoint.c, line: 2155
>
> Fatal error:
> Checksum wrong for 'pull.xvg'. The file has been replaced or its contents have been modified. Cannot do appending because of this condition.
> For more information and tips for troubleshooting, please check the GROMACS
> website at http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Errors
>
>
> But I did nothing to this pull.xvg file......
>
> I ever did this restarting before, and I found if I didn't output the  (xx).xvg file, the restarting calculation works.
>
> So one solution maybe that I redo the calcuation without outputting the pull.xvg file....but it will takes quite a long time again...
>
> Anybody has some suggestions?
>

Tell mdrun not to append, and just concatenate the files later.

-Justin

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