# Fold for Covid

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## [Welcome to Fold for Covid!](https://forums.balena.io/t/welcome-to-fold-for-covid/94128)

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**Author:** [@dtischler](https://forums.balena.io/u/dtischler)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/welcome-to-fold-for-covid/94128 "2020-04-16T17:54:20Z")

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Here, we discuss the Rosetta@Home protein folding project on balena. Check out the site for more information at https://foldforcovid.io To report any issues/bugs with the Fold for Covid landing page or website visit th…

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## [New Cluster Online!](https://forums.balena.io/t/new-cluster-online/108708)

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**Author:** [@BladeRunner](https://forums.balena.io/u/BladeRunner)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/new-cluster-online/108708 "2020-05-13T20:06:22Z")

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After a brief time away from the fold, I’m back with a new cluster. 7 - Pi 4 4GB. 6 in the cluster and 1 behind the display. Online and folding as fast as they can.

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## ["Starting service 'ui....." loops - UI not accessible](https://forums.balena.io/t/starting-service-ui-loops-ui-not-accessible/359441)

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**Author:** [@redc](https://forums.balena.io/u/redc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/starting-service-ui-loops-ui-not-accessible/359441 "2022-07-03T15:06:17Z")

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Hi, I’m running folding for covid on RPi4 4GB: HOST OS VERSION balenaOS 2.98.33 development SUPERVISOR VERSION 14.0.8 CURRENT RELEASE 22b5e9b TARGET RELEASE 22b5e9b I’ve noted a similar issue reported here: User re…

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## [Einstein@Home with Folding at Home](https://forums.balena.io/t/einstein-home-with-folding-at-home/143422)

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**Author:** [@manuti](https://forums.balena.io/u/manuti)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2022, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/einstein-home-with-folding-at-home/143422 "2022-06-16T11:37:58Z")

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Is possible to crunch numbers under Einstein@Home account with the Fold for Covid device? I successful added an account in Einstein@Home to the board but is not downloading any task by now. Any ideas?

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## [No Tasks to do.](https://forums.balena.io/t/no-tasks-to-do/355517)

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**Author:** [@gferrara8596](https://forums.balena.io/u/gferrara8596)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/no-tasks-to-do/355517 "2022-04-20T15:04:52Z")

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Hi everyone, I’ve started yesterday to donate my RaspberryPi 3 to the fold for covid project. I’ve installed the balenaOS and deployed the image of the latest version of fold for covid in my dashboard. It seems to be ins…

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## [Slow image burn issue](https://forums.balena.io/t/slow-image-burn-issue/331458)

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**Author:** [@abari](https://forums.balena.io/u/abari)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/slow-image-burn-issue/331458 "2021-07-02T16:33:32Z")

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i am trying to burn jetson nano image through balena it its so slow anyone plz help me to resolve this issue.

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## [Rosetta (Folding) at home requires twice the available memory following an update.](https://forums.balena.io/t/rosetta-folding-at-home-requires-twice-the-available-memory-following-an-update/279672)

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**Author:** [@GOTO\_GOSUB](https://forums.balena.io/u/GOTO_GOSUB)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2021, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/rosetta-folding-at-home-requires-twice-the-available-memory-following-an-update/279672 "2021-05-06T10:26:30Z")

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The Rosetta@home project stopped providing me with fresh work units yesterday, apparently due to a server issue their end. My 4GB Pi 4 ran out of work units overnight and did not retrieve any more so I took the opportuni…

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## [Guess the project is dead? "Message from server: Rosetta needs 6675.72MB RAM but only 3653.61MB is available for use."](https://forums.balena.io/t/guess-the-project-is-dead-message-from-server-rosetta-needs-6675-72mb-ram-but-only-3653-61mb-is-available-for-use/293634)

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**Author:** [@Patto647](https://forums.balena.io/u/Patto647)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/guess-the-project-is-dead-message-from-server-rosetta-needs-6675-72mb-ram-but-only-3653-61mb-is-available-for-use/293634 "2021-04-22T23:13:08Z")

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Haven’t checked my units for a while and now I get the error “Message from server: Rosetta needs 6675.72MB RAM but only 3653.61MB is available for use.” Irony is that I’m using 8gb Pi4’s for the job, must be the image o…

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## [Access to a Generic AARCH64 instance](https://forums.balena.io/t/access-to-a-generic-aarch64-instance/277621)

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**Author:** [@manuti](https://forums.balena.io/u/manuti)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/access-to-a-generic-aarch64-instance/277621 "2021-04-06T08:57:18Z")

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Hey, I’m running a device using a Generic AARCH64 (armv8) with Foldin at Home instance and I want to access via web to the local boinctui UUID.lan:8080 or via the public address. I can see everything is working from th…

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## [\[Solved\] No task for 3 days](https://forums.balena.io/t/solved-no-task-for-3-days/230044)

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**Author:** [@manuti](https://forums.balena.io/u/manuti)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/solved-no-task-for-3-days/230044 "2021-03-04T13:18:26Z")

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Hey. I’m not receiving any task in my 2 units of Raspberry Pi 4 for the last 3 days. Anyone knows about this shortage in folding tasks ? Thanks!

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## [Can't download Fold for Covid project software](https://forums.balena.io/t/cant-download-fold-for-covid-project-software/103537)

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**Author:** [@FrancescoB7](https://forums.balena.io/u/FrancescoB7)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/cant-download-fold-for-covid-project-software/103537 "2021-02-19T11:04:17Z")

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Good morning, I have been trying to download the zip file for “Fold for Covid” for two days. The software download for Generic AARCH64 (ARMv8) does not start… Thanks

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## [Can overclock my Raspberry Pi?](https://forums.balena.io/t/can-overclock-my-raspberry-pi/235609)

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**Author:** [@manuti](https://forums.balena.io/u/manuti)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/can-overclock-my-raspberry-pi/235609 "2021-01-18T10:27:11Z")

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Hey, without a /boot/config.txt file I don’t know if it’s possible to overclock my Raspberry Pi 4. I have a proper fan and heat-sink so they can be stable at 1,8GHz or 1,9GHz. Any way to speed up? Thanks!!

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## [Fold client offers unsupported project (climateprediction.net)](https://forums.balena.io/t/fold-client-offers-unsupported-project-climateprediction-net/218911)

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**Author:** [@GOTO\_GOSUB](https://forums.balena.io/u/GOTO_GOSUB)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/fold-client-offers-unsupported-project-climateprediction-net/218911 "2020-12-13T10:23:58Z")

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This seems a little off-topic but since the Fold client offers support for the climate prediction project I would have expected this to work. I tried to set this up today and got as far as the client attempting to acqui…

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## [Fold on Pi 4 keeps restarting the UI](https://forums.balena.io/t/fold-on-pi-4-keeps-restarting-the-ui/216098)

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**Author:** [@GOTO\_GOSUB](https://forums.balena.io/u/GOTO_GOSUB)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/fold-on-pi-4-keeps-restarting-the-ui/216098 "2020-12-11T15:13:21Z")

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Hi Everyone, I wonder if someone can offer me some advice. I have just set up the Fold client on a 4GB Pi4 having deployed it via my dashboard as per GitHub - balena-labs-projects/rosetta-at-home. The only change I have…

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## [How connect Fold to my personal Rossetta@home account](https://forums.balena.io/t/how-connect-fold-to-my-personal-rossetta-home-account/101731)

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**Author:** [@basvw](https://forums.balena.io/u/basvw)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/how-connect-fold-to-my-personal-rossetta-home-account/101731 "2020-11-25T09:02:16Z")

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I want to help with the Corona research with a few rasp Pi 4’s. but i want the points in my Rosetta@home account how can i connect Fold to my account? thanks Bas van Waarde

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## [Task bigger than 4GB.](https://forums.balena.io/t/task-bigger-than-4gb/213073)

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**Author:** [@manuti](https://forums.balena.io/u/manuti)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/task-bigger-than-4gb/213073 "2020-11-21T22:14:27Z")

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Huge task called “horn” are flooding mine 2GB and 4GB RPi4. As a result of this I’m practically crunching nothing. Is there anyway to bypass this kind of task, isn’t? Thanks

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## [someone has found covid binding molecule today](https://forums.balena.io/t/someone-has-found-covid-binding-molecule-today/201653)

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**Author:** [@billybob71a](https://forums.balena.io/u/billybob71a)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/someone-has-found-covid-binding-molecule-today/201653 "2020-10-21T05:26:07Z")

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Hello, I was wondering am I doing any further help by having my Raspberry Pi running the FoldforCovid application. I saw on the news today that 14 -year old kid has found a molecule to bind to Covid. \[https://www.lives…

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## [Lost connection with Fold for Covid](https://forums.balena.io/t/lost-connection-with-fold-for-covid/176714)

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**Author:** [@billybob71a](https://forums.balena.io/u/billybob71a)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/lost-connection-with-fold-for-covid/176714 "2020-08-24T14:58:41Z")

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Hello , My connection from my Raspberry Pi stopped working one day and it seems like my Raspberry PI hung. Is it possible to find when I stopped sending data over? I know my boinc-client ID. Peter

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## [Raspberry Pi 4 4GB Image broken?](https://forums.balena.io/t/raspberry-pi-4-4gb-image-broken/96783)

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**Author:** [@MarkAsRead](https://forums.balena.io/u/MarkAsRead)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/raspberry-pi-4-4gb-image-broken/96783 "2020-08-24T12:08:00Z")

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So I’ve got a Pi 3 and Pi 4 4gb running and I’m running into the problem that I’ve already had to reimage the Pi 4 three times. After about 12/134 hours I can no longer access the Pi through the the IP Address or the fo…

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## [RPI4 4GB Only 3 tasks processing at once.](https://forums.balena.io/t/rpi4-4gb-only-3-tasks-processing-at-once/175127)

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**Author:** [@Patto647](https://forums.balena.io/u/Patto647)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/rpi4-4gb-only-3-tasks-processing-at-once/175127 "2020-08-19T10:17:18Z")

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Hey hey, I’ve got 10x RPI4 4GB and they are all only processing 3 tasks at once, I assuming ideally it could process 4 tasks at once (one task per core). I’m just wondering if this is expected due to limitations on this …

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## [Only 1 task running on RPi 3B](https://forums.balena.io/t/only-1-task-running-on-rpi-3b/145080)

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**Author:** [@idarshan](https://forums.balena.io/u/idarshan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/only-1-task-running-on-rpi-3b/145080 "2020-07-02T16:54:37Z")

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Started fold for covid on RPi 3B and I see only 1 task running. It’s having 4 CPU cores then why only 1 task running? In RPi4 too, it’s only 3 tasks running at a time. It should be 4 ideally. Any reason for not utilizi…

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## [RPi4 4GB Running out of work?](https://forums.balena.io/t/rpi4-4gb-running-out-of-work/142717)

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**Author:** [@vinntec](https://forums.balena.io/u/vinntec)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/rpi4-4gb-running-out-of-work/142717 "2020-06-25T16:38:45Z")

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My 5 x RPi4 4GB which have been running for weeks are, today, not being sent anything to run. Four of them are idle now, and the fifth is just finishing off what it has. Is this just me?

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## [Location on Fold For Covid world map](https://forums.balena.io/t/location-on-fold-for-covid-world-map/118629)

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**Author:** [@whattheff](https://forums.balena.io/u/whattheff)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/location-on-fold-for-covid-world-map/118629 "2020-06-22T08:31:02Z")

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Hi, I’m just wondering how one gets ones location to appear on the Google Maps world map on the Fold For Covid homepage? I’ve had 2 Raspberry Pis chugging away for a while but my location doesn’t appear on the map. I re…

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## [Raspberry Pi 3b dies without error message](https://forums.balena.io/t/raspberry-pi-3b-dies-without-error-message/134849)

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**Author:** [@londere](https://forums.balena.io/u/londere)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/raspberry-pi-3b-dies-without-error-message/134849 "2020-06-17T15:33:44Z")

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Does anyone know why the device only dies? I explain to you, after 2 months of supporting this project with the RPi is which I had a lot of problems, the most common is I can’t enter to the web-GUI after searching in my…

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## [Change wireless to wired connection](https://forums.balena.io/t/change-wireless-to-wired-connection/125225)

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**Author:** [@jpaik](https://forums.balena.io/u/jpaik)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/change-wireless-to-wired-connection/125225 "2020-06-15T18:34:35Z")

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In preparing for the download, I selected “ethernet and wireless” and entered the ssid and passphrase of the router. The Fold for Covid is uo and running on the RPi. I have just wired ethernet to the router, so the rout…

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## [How to see stats on more than one RPi on the same network?](https://forums.balena.io/t/how-to-see-stats-on-more-than-one-rpi-on-the-same-network/126375)

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**Author:** [@kacohn](https://forums.balena.io/u/kacohn)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/how-to-see-stats-on-more-than-one-rpi-on-the-same-network/126375 "2020-06-05T23:08:41Z")

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I have a Pi3 and a Pi4 running Fold on the same network. They are both set up for wired/wireless but are currently wired. If they are both running, the flodforcovid.local address will not connect to either Pi. They both …

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## [RPi CPU Temp in UI](https://forums.balena.io/t/rpi-cpu-temp-in-ui/124654)

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**Author:** [@BladeRunner](https://forums.balena.io/u/BladeRunner)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/rpi-cpu-temp-in-ui/124654 "2020-06-03T01:02:35Z")

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Hey - I’d like to see/add the CPU temp of my Pi’s to the UI. Can I do that and if so, where should I start/look? Has anyone already done this? Thanks!

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## [PineA64+ - foldforcovid](https://forums.balena.io/t/pinea64-foldforcovid/124558)

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**Author:** [@rameshbalan](https://forums.balena.io/u/rameshbalan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/pinea64-foldforcovid/124558 "2020-06-02T20:26:33Z")

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I am sure there is a better way to do it but this one worked for me on PineA64 board with 2GB RAM. Here are the steps that I followed to setup BOINC and make PineA64 work for COVID-19. Setup in PineA64+ Boards with 1GB/…

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## [Fold for Covid on a 2GB SD Card](https://forums.balena.io/t/fold-for-covid-on-a-2gb-sd-card/123787)

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**Author:** [@Red\_Apple115](https://forums.balena.io/u/Red_Apple115)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/fold-for-covid-on-a-2gb-sd-card/123787 "2020-06-02T06:33:59Z")

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When I found out about Fold for Covid I immediately thought of putting it on my Raspberry Pi 4. Only problem: the only spare SD Card I have is 2GB. When I started this, I put this aside and just tried it to see if it wou…

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## [kernel messages on UI during run - runs seem unaffected](https://forums.balena.io/t/kernel-messages-on-ui-during-run-runs-seem-unaffected/122504)

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**Author:** [@redc](https://forums.balena.io/u/redc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/kernel-messages-on-ui-during-run-runs-seem-unaffected/122504 "2020-06-01T16:44:53Z")

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Hi, I’m periodically (10-20mins) seeing kernel messages in the console UI regarding networking, I think it’s possibly related to docker, but don’t know enough about it yet to troubleshoot. I’d be interested if this is …

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