D²OL assistance needed - Linux

[bunker]

Hey guys, I'm gonna format my old P3 600 and install Linux 😀. What files do I need to save so I can start it back up as the same node?

*EDIT - Also does anyone know if Linux (RedHat 7.1 to be exact) can see a FAT32 drive?

 

[GeoffS]

I *THINK* you just need the node file... and the stats too maybe... Check with RemyCanard... he's done this before, and I'm interested in the answer too.

You may want to consider RedHat 8.0, though... there may be patches you need for 7.1. I'm not comfortable enough with RH to manage patches, so I just used a recent version instead 🙂 Try the buffalo.edu mirror... it was quite fast for me!

Geoff

 

[Slatzman]

cut and paste from an andy post

I was asked to post this info here, so here goes:
To save your node id and stats info copy node.prp and stats.prp from the SengentD2OL\D2OL\res\ folder to somewhere safe, then if you need to reinstall for whatever reason, after reinstallation but before running D2OL copy them back to the same folder.
Just remember, keep a recent copy of stats.prp.

As for the linux stuff...don't know

Slatz

 

[GeoffS]

I believe the directory structure is the same. The question is, at what point do you bail out of the installation so that you don't create a new node? I suppose you could always use a bogus email addy, shut down the engine, copy over the node and stats files, and then restart the engine. The node will already be associated with your email addy. I just wouldn't want to be creating bogus node ids all over the place. As soon as I figure out how to run an ftp script in RH8.0, I'm going to move as many of my crunchers over to RH8.0 as possible. Note that the memory requirements under Linux still seem to indicate that 256Mb is required, more if possible. Running 256Mb on my RH8.0 with only the process monitor and d2ol running, there is typically 7mb ram free.

In Winblows, I can schedule an ftp job as follows:

ftp -s:c:\d2ol\script.txt 192.168.1.1

which will start up ftp, connect to 192.168.1.1 and echo in the lines from the script.txt file. What do I need to do in Linux to accomplish the same thing?

Thanks!
Geoff

 

[bunker]

Thanks for the files....

The reason I'm using 7.1 is because I already have it on disc here! I'm too damn lazy to d/l a new version.

*EDIT - Okay, I'm d/ling Mandrake 9.0...found a fast mirror in Utah.

 

[RemyCanad]

GeoffS I think you could just use a cron job to do what you want.

Or maby just a script file. A cron job will run at a specific time. A script is just a list of commands in a file.

But I am just confused why you are doing something like that.. What is the FTP for?

 

[bunker]

WoooHooo! Posting from Mandrake! Damn that was an easy install!

Now who's gonna teach me how to install D2OL on this thing???? 🙂

 

[RemyCanad]

Its easy as pie. Just download. Then open the terminal. Now navigate to the correct directory. Once there type 'sh ./installDDOL.bin'

Make sure you type that with out the ' in it. Once it runs through a few things the graphical installer will pop up and go as normal. 🙂

I just finished installing Red Hat 8.0 on a new system. 🙂 Now if I could just get this router/swtich figured out so that I can share files with the computer on it. 🙁

 

[RemyCanad]

I just read all of your post GeoffS. As for the files I copy the general.prp node.prp and stats.prp. All you have to have is the node.prp. I also copy the general.prp so that it keeps my settings such as not to launch the graphical viewer upon startup.

Also GeoffS, you started work on a program to catch stuck clients. Wouldn't this be able to also detect if it has ran out of canidates to process and has ran dry? If so what file are you comparing. I am thinking of creating a script/program that will check and if it has locked up or ran out of canidates it will kill D2OL and then go to my FTP and download a new set. Then start up D2OL.

Also from what I can tell you don't need to include the .dat files with the candates. It will auto create them when D2OL starts.

 

[bunker]

Okay, I'm up and running 😀.

Does Dspy work in Linux?

 

[GeoffS]

Nope... I'm not sure that there is a Linux equal to that proggy....

Geoff

 

[RemyCanad]

I could never find one for Linux. but apparently the source for dspy is out there somewhere...