Rise up my children

[raynman68]

It is time to come back to life!

I just added my dual MP1200 rig and a P4 2.0 to the XP3200+ I previously had going. I plan on getting at least 4 more rigs going as I get settled into my new home. 😀 So to those who are ranked ahead of me, consider this either a challenge or a warning (however you choose to look at it is your choice). 😀

Robert

And the men who hold high places
Must be the ones to start

 

[MichaelD]

And the men who hold high places
Must be the ones to start

To build a new Crunch Rack
I hope it doesn't fart...
I hope it's doesn't FARRRRRRT!
Yeah!!


😀 Sorry, couldn't resist. 😀

That's great! I just got into F@H a few days ago; it's highly addictive...I've dug up parts I forgot I had to build "another box."

What I'd like to do is learn all that Linux stuff so I can run "driveless boxes." I.E. all the "workstations" (mobo/CPU/RAM) boot via LAN off a mother server and just crunch...

For a small investment in mATX boards, I could have an army! (Cue LOTR music....)

Alas...I'm pretty dumb when it comes to programming and such. If it isn't DOS, it's above my head.

Glad to have you back, raynman68. 🙂

 

[GLeeM]

Originally posted by: raynman68
😀 So to those who are ranked ahead of me, consider this either a challenge or a warning (however you choose to look at it is your choice). 😀

🙂 If you wave as you go by, I'll wave back 🙂

 

[kb3edk]

...I've dug up parts I forgot I had to build "another box."

What I'd like to do is learn all that Linux stuff so I can run "driveless boxes."
...

I just brought "another box" online... I decided to fire up the F@H client on my ancient Pentium II 233 Linux box even though I had big doubts if it could handle it (it can... it is on pace to finish its first work unit in 24 days:roll: ) Mostly I did it just to try out the Linux F@H client... I found that it actually was amazingly easy to set up. No "make install", RPMs, TARs, or any other tedious stuff. Just download and execute. But as for Linux, MichaelD... you know DOS, it'd be just like old times. You just have to think of it like a foreign language... substitute "ls" for "dir", "cp" for "copy", etc. The fact that you are already familar with a command-line interface would give you a leg up on most other Linux newbies 🙂

I also like the idea of the driveless box. I have an extra port on my router, I might decide to build one of those if I can get some decent parts for $100 or so. Maybe put together a fast PIII, or a TBird, Palomino, whatever. Can you or anyone else point me to a good source to find a Linux "driveless box" tutorial? I guess it'd mostly concern booting the machine over a LAN and launching the client in a virtual terminal... right?

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-Adam in Philly
Athlon 64 FX-51 @ 2.4 GHz / 1.625vcore - ASUS SK8V
Liquid cooling by Koolance

 

[n0cmonkey]

You can try knoppix, boot from cd.

Netbooting isn't too tough, if you have a NIC that can do it.

here's something for seti, lifemapper, and distributed.net.

 

[MichaelD]

Thanks guys. It's not net-booting I can't do (that's "IPX" or something like that, right...I forget)

I know how to set that up in a Windows environment...but all that Knoppiz and Open BSD stuff...it intimidates me.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: kb3edk

...I've dug up parts I forgot I had to build "another box."

What I'd like to do is learn all that Linux stuff so I can run "driveless boxes."
...

I just brought "another box" online... I decided to fire up the F@H client on my ancient Pentium II 233 Linux box even though I had big doubts if it could handle it (it can... it is on pace to finish its first work unit in 24 days:roll: ) Mostly I did it just to try out the Linux F@H client... I found that it actually was amazingly easy to set up. No "make install", RPMs, TARs, or any other tedious stuff. Just download and execute. But as for Linux, MichaelD... you know DOS, it'd be just like old times. You just have to think of it like a foreign language... substitute "ls" for "dir", "cp" for "copy", etc. The fact that you are already familar with a command-line interface would give you a leg up on most other Linux newbies 🙂

I also like the idea of the driveless box. I have an extra port on my router, I might decide to build one of those if I can get some decent parts for $100 or so. Maybe put together a fast PIII, or a TBird, Palomino, whatever. Can you or anyone else point me to a good source to find a Linux "driveless box" tutorial? I guess it'd mostly concern booting the machine over a LAN and launching the client in a virtual terminal... right?

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-Adam in Philly
Athlon 64 FX-51 @ 2.4 GHz / 1.625vcore - ASUS SK8V
Liquid cooling by Koolance

Thanks, Adam in Philly. 🙂 That gives me some confidence; I DID take a "beginners' intro to UNIX" type course not too long ago. Very basic stuff. It might just come back. I have a 24-port switch...with 19 open ports right now. 😀 And enough space left open on the rack for quite a few of those little mATX boards...i could add about another 4 "rigs" for very little money....hmm.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Thanks guys. It's not net-booting I can't do (that's "IPX" or something like that, right...I forget)

PXE?

I know how to set that up in a Windows environment...but all that Knoppiz and Open BSD stuff...it intimidates me.

Yeah, booting off of a cd is hard. 😛

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Thanks guys. It's not net-booting I can't do (that's "IPX" or something like that, right...I forget)

PXE?

I know how to set that up in a Windows environment...but all that Knoppiz and Open BSD stuff...it intimidates me.

Yeah, booting off of a cd is hard. 😛

Yeah, that's what I meant...PXE. I KNOW that term...but yesterday was another 13-hour shift....very little sleep....and I'm up and at it again. Oh well...gotta eat, right?

OK...where can I get some of this Knoppiz stuff? it's free, right?

BBL today; AT is blocked at work.

 

[OverVolt]

I'm setting up a cluster too, the hard thing im running into is: Knoppix 3.3 doesn't suppport my hardware and...

Knoppix 3.4 doesn't wanna do a HD install.

 

[n0cmonkey]

knoppix.de is where you get knoppix, I think. Unless you can read German, get the en version. 😉

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
knoppix.de is where you get knoppix, I think. Unless you can read German, get the en version. 😉

So, Knoppix is a flavor of Linux?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
knoppix.de is where you get knoppix, I think. Unless you can read German, get the en version. 😉

So, Knoppix is a flavor of Linux?

Yeah. It's based on Debian, and can run off the cd. No installation required. It's a decent way to learn a bit without risk or commitment. 🙂

 

[MichaelD]

Thanks, n0cmonkey. 🙂

 

[GLeeM]

Originally posted by: kb3edk
I just brought "another box" online... I decided to fire up the F@H client on my ancient Pentium II 233 Linux box even though I had big doubts if it could handle it (it can... it is on pace to finish its first work unit in 24 days:roll: )

Currently Running Projects will show you Preferred (days) and Final deadline (days)

After the Preferred deadline the WU will be reissued. After the Final deadline you will not get any points even if you return it.

I would check on the protein you are crunching on your PII 233! If its Final deadline is shorter than your 24 day estimate, you are wasting your time.

🙂

 

[kb3edk]

Originally posted by: GLeeM

I would check on the protein you are crunching on your PII 233! If its Final deadline is shorter than your 24 day estimate, you are wasting your time.

🙂

A good point GLeeM, thanks for bringing it up. I checked it just now, it's p639(Tinker) with a 45 day time limit. So I should be fine.

Just goes to show how far CPUs have advanced in 6 years' time... the PII (made in 1997) needs 24 days for a 200+ point Tinker, while my new Athlon (made 2003) can crunch those in a little over 24 *hours*. Basically right in line with Moore's Law.

Truly we live in a golden age 😀

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-Adam in Philly
Athlon 64 FX-51 @ 2.4 GHz/1.625vcore, ASUS SK8V
Liquid cooling by Koolance