Beginner looking for help with restarting from another checkpoint / %

[Snoopy]

i think the best way/option would be using option

-s X

https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=hashcat

-s, --skip                    | Num  | Skip X words from the start                          | -s 1000000

so dont use option restore on your second machine, instead use the same cli like on machine 1 but with -s option

Any way to do this with --increment? I have workload which would take 100 days on one pc so I'd like multiple to work on it but -s and --limit are disabled for brute force attacks.

depends a little bit on the style of your mask but let me check, but this schould be no problem

Code:

hashcat -a3 --stdout -l1 ?a?a?a?a?a > l1.txt
hashcat -a3 --stdout -s1 -l1 ?a?a?a?a?a > s1l1.txt
hashcat -a3 --stdout -l2 ?a?a?a?a?a > l2.txt

the result as expected, l2.txt (190 lines) is the merge of l1.txt (95 lines as ?a is 95 possibilities) and s1l1.txt (also 95) so skip and limit work in bruteforcemode (you can check, see attached files)

the only thing, you have to stick to the actual masklength which hashcat tells you will work for 100 days

so if your mask is now length 8 you will have to provide this masklenght with a suitable skip and limit option (you can try this on your second machine or do some math (how many combinations? given this mask and masklengh)