Is anyone running a Headless/Diskless system?
also
Is anyone running 2 mobo's (or more) from 1 PSU?
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#4
Think you might struggle as PSU's only have one motherboard connector unless you plan to splice a second one into the existing wiring.
I suppose in theory with a powerful enough PSU you could do it but suspect it would run very hot and probably not last very long.
I suppose in theory with a powerful enough PSU you could do it but suspect it would run very hot and probably not last very long.
#5
Ok, my 'early' weekend allowed me to (finally) play with the BOINCpe distribution; and I have to say that it was very easy and painless. I didn't worry about the persistancy this time around - so no footering with network drives - merely added a couple of project xml files to the correct area and hit the 'go' button. The first attempt failed, but the second time I used my own cd burning software, instead of the included package, and it worked a dream.I was going to experiment with BOINCpe over the break but didn't get a chance to in the end. Am still planning a play, it's just a case of getting some time.
If anyone else wants to try this, the package is on this webpage; and I would recommend the how to and advanced information pages. For those of you already running a farm with BOINCview this may be worth looking into as an easy way to save a few pounds on those 'dumb' machines.
MacDitch
PS. One bizarre thing is that Chess960 (of all projects!) had a greater disk space requirement than my 1Gb of RAM allowed. VTU and RieselSieve both ran well - though VTU awarded 2.48cr/h!
#7
It's a generic image. I built the CD for my laptop on this desktop.
There is also a bit of blurb (somewhere) on the BoincPE website saying that you can use the same disc (multiple images of) for many machines due to the way the persistency is coded.
There is also a bit of blurb (somewhere) on the BoincPE website saying that you can use the same disc (multiple images of) for many machines due to the way the persistency is coded.