[hblug] Parallel Knoppix

[Brett Wilkins]

Yea sorry about the language guys (and any gals I'm not aware of) - I'm 
still just a little miffed that I had to attempt installing Gentoo 
twice... Oh well. It works, it's small and does exactly what I want it 
to so I'm happy with it now.

Michael Adams wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 20:00:21 +1300
> Brett Wilkins wrote:
>
>   
>> Hey,
>>
>> Dunno if I could get to the LUG but I have a computer or two that
>> could run it. I'm asuming that it is CD-boot and not HDD install
>> seeing as it's a Knoppix distro.
>>
>> Both the computers I have are Athlons, one's an Athlon XP and one's an
>> Athlon 64.
>>
>> Another cool idea would be to one day set up a dedicated parallel
>> server network... ya know, parallel OS installed on HDD... or however
>> it works. Gentoo would be able to do it, although I don't think many
>> people would enjoy compiling and installing abso-fuckin-lutely
>> everything in the OS ^_^ (excuse ze french)
>>     
>
> No - i won't, it is unnecesary on a mailing list and just alienates you.
>
>   
>> Could parallel computing help doing something such as rendering a 
>> high-vertex image in blender? Just a thought.
>>     
>
> Used more for like animations in blender where each box is doing a
> frame.
>
>   
>> Sounds like fun,
>>
>> Brett
>>
>> Daniel Faulknor wrote:
>>     
>>> Hmm. A few questions:
>>>
>>> How many of the mosaic machines can Network Boot? i know 3 out of 4
>>> of mine can. If some cant, we can use rom-o-matic (see here: 
>>> http://www.rom-o-matic.net/)
>>>       
>
> I'll get the master off you daniel and burn a dozen copies.
>
>   
>>> Its either:
>>> Network Boot
>>> Rom-O-Matic (Floppy Boot)
>>> or Burn a load of cds (im not supplying the cds :P )
>>>
>>> As for the project: how about SETI? or one of the other horribly CPU
>>> intensive distributed computing programs that are out there
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Adams" 
>>> <mbadams at paradise.net.nz>
>>> To: "Hawke's Bay Linux User Group" <hblug at linux.net.nz>
>>> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 10:16 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [hblug] Parallel Knoppix
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 23:37:30 +1300
>>>> Daniel Faulknor wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> This may be useful to have onhand :)
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>> http://pareto.uab.es/mcreel/ParallelKnoppix/ParallelKnoppixTutorial.
>>> html >>
>>>       
>>>> Agreed.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>>> Download in progress.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I like the sound of trying it.
>>>>>> I can bring 4 machines if we want to try a few more.. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>> Now, what project could we get it to work on?
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>>>> Anyone interested in doing it at Mosaic for this meeting? I
>>>>>>>               
>>> know>> >four of> the machines boot into knoppix 5.x fine. We have
>>> around 6>> >spare spots in> the switch.
>>>       
>
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