Index: tests/Makefile
==================================================================
--- tests/Makefile
+++ tests/Makefile
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@
 test6: fullprep
 	cd fullrun;$(MEGATEST) -runtests runfirst -itempatt %/1 -reqtarg ubuntu/nfs/none :runname $(RUNNAME)_itempatt -v
 	cd fullrun;$(MEGATEST) -runtests runfirst -itempatt %blahha% -reqtarg ubuntu/nfs/none :runname $(RUNNAME)_itempatt -debug 10
 
 cleanprep : ../*.scm Makefile */*.config
-	sqlite3 fullrun/megatest.db "delete from metadat where var='SERVER';"
+	if [ -e fullrun/megatest.db ]; then sqlite3 fullrun/megatest.db "delete from metadat where var='SERVER';";fi
 	mkdir -p /tmp/mt_runs /tmp/mt_links
 	cd ..;make install
 	touch cleanprep
 
 fullprep : cleanprep

Index: tests/fullrun/megatest.config
==================================================================
--- tests/fullrun/megatest.config
+++ tests/fullrun/megatest.config
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@
 
 [setup]
 # FULL or 2, NORMAL or 1, OFF or 0
 synchronous OFF
 # Throttle roughly scales the db access milliseconds to seconds delay
-throttle 0.02
+throttle 0.1
 # Max retries allows megatest to re-check that a tests status has changed
 # as tests can have transient FAIL status occasionally
-# maxretries 200
+maxretries 500
 
 [validvalues]
 state start end 
 status pass fail n/a 0 1 running