Hello List; I'm looking for HELP

[William Comisky]

I would also like to see what kinds of scripts people use to configure   
their client systems.  Maybe we could make a repository at   
beowulf.underground with a link in the FAQ?  Undoubtedly many   
configurations are very system specific, but it would be helpful to see   
what other people do and have something to start with to tailor to our   
own needs.

Does anyone using the Redhat kickstart installation have a good example   
of a client configuration file?

I've been debating whether or not to install locally or to boot from the   
server.  Does anyone have any idea what kind of network traffic is   
generated by not having the OS installed locally? I would think that once   
what you need gets cached, it would be minimal.  Booting from the server   
seems like the easiest to manage in the long run, though perhaps with   
some good scripts the local installation is relatively painless.

Bill

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Bill Comisky
bcomisky@endgate.com

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From:  Andy.Hencke
Sent:  Tuesday, June 08, 1999 1:47 PM
To:  beowulf
Cc:  'Chris Giem'
Subject:  Hello List; I'm looking for HELP

Hello Beowulf folks,

We are going to set up a Beowulf cluster here in Denver this summer, and   
I
have a few initial questions.

In the Installation Guide
(http://www.beowulf-underground.org/doc_project/index.html) written by   
Jacek
Radajewski and Douglas Eadline, the authors refer to a method of   
installing
the clients:
 "The second method is the one I used in the first stage of our topcat
system, that is installing the operating system on each  client   
separately
and then running a configuration script on the server which performs the
rest of the setup."
This is the way we would like to configure our clients, but the authors   
left
those instructions out of the installation guide.
Does anyone else have those instructions??????
Secondly, if there is anyone out there who would be willing to send us   
your
email address for questions during setup, that would be greatly   
appreciated.
Thirdly, we are debating running this installation from RedHat 5.2 or   
6.0.
Any thoughts about problems that might exist using the newer version of
RedHat (and therefore newer version of Linux)?????
Thanks,
Andy Hencke
University of Colorado, Denver