Beowulf w/o Extreme Linux CD from Redhat

[Jessen, Per]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert S. Raagas [mailto:bobby@fapenet.org]
> Sent: 13 April 1999 04:33
[snip]
> Would it be possible to create a Beowulf Cluster without the separate
> package of Extreme Linux from Redhat, using only Redhat 5.2 
> or 6.0? :) I am

Certainly. In fact, don't use the Extreme-Linux software. There is no
or little need for it.
If you do need some of e.g. the kernel extensions it provides, it is 
far better getting the most recent versions of the 'net.

>  new to Linux and Beowulf clusters, but i have a Linux box at the office
> and want to have a demo Beowulf Cluster, i've been reading a lot of
website
> about Beowulf so far. Btw, i'm from the Phillippines, a province away from
> Manila (our Capital, which will held our first Linux Conference this
coming
> June 9-11), coz it's hard to find a Extreme Linux CD, i only have the RH
CD
> Distribution 5.2 and 6.0 which i have downloaded from the net.

Good luck with your Beowulf - what you have should do just fine.


regards,
Per Jessen, ENIDAN Technologies, LOndon