From owner-freebsd-cluster Thu Oct 10 21: 9:42 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14EEC37B401 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2002 21:09:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ws5-3.us4.outblaze.com (205-158-62-133.outblaze.com [205.158.62.133]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A81B243EB3 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2002 21:09:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from click46@operamail.com) Received: (qmail 24189 invoked by uid 1001); 11 Oct 2002 04:09:39 -0000 Message-ID: <20021011040939.24188.qmail@operamail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.41 (Entity 5.404) Received: from [64.32.182.44] by ws5-3.us4.outblaze.com with http for click46@operamail.com; Fri, 11 Oct 2002 12:09:39 +0800 From: "aaron g" To: Cc: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 12:09:39 +0800 Subject: Re: Re[2]: newbie X-Originating-Ip: 64.32.182.44 X-Originating-Server: ws5-3.us4.outblaze.com Sender: owner-freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG So by "only platform" I take it you are running sparc? -aarong ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 18:17:26 +0200 To: Andy Sporner Subject: Re[2]: newbie > Hello/Beste Andy, > > Thursday, October 10, 2002, 2:11:29 PM, you wrote: > > AS> Alex wrote: > > >>Hello/Beste freebsd-cluster, > >> > >>Hi i'm new to the list. I noticed the cluster project when i looked at > >>the mail list. Can you give me any pointers on where to look? Is the > >>cluster project ready for use? > >> > >>I have to setup/build a cluster for my university. The main purpose of > >>the cluster is to show the cluster properties to other students. We > >>got a number of sparc64 computers available for this task. (I'm > >>considering early use of FreeBSD 5.0) > >> > AS> First I am not clear if there is a specific "Project". There is > AS> the cluster software I have been working on, which is failover > AS> software, and then there is the Beowulf type--which you have to > AS> get somewhere else. > > AS> As I see it they are probably different ports. > > AS> If you want failover, check here: http://www.sporner.com/freebsdclusters > > AS> otherwise, check for a Beowulf port. > > AS> I still intend to write a futures paper for the next version > AS> (including process swapping across machines--towards where VMS > AS> clusters are). > > AS> Andy > > Thanks for writing. We tried to install the DP1 have decided not to > use FreeBSD. We have to use 5.0 if we want to use FreeBSD because of > the platform. The FreeBSD 5.0 cd is the only one rigth now that can > boot but it doesn't mount the CD. > > This cluster has to be Beowulf, do things like compile code, convert > lots of wav files to mp3, ect. > > > > -- > Best regards/Met vriendelijke groet, > Alex > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-cluster" in the body of the message > -- __________________________________________________________ Download the FREE Opera browser at www.opera.com/download/ Free OperaMail at http://www.operamail.com/ Powered by Outblaze To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-cluster" in the body of the message