Beowulf w/o Extreme Linux CD from Redhat

[Putchong Uthayopas]

HI,

Kragen has written a good FAQ for all these questions. I put that Beowulf
FAQ V2 on my web at http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~uthayopa. 
Please read that and it will help save a lot of your time.

Putchong.


On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Jessen, Per wrote:

> > -----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
>