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#1 complete linux newbie
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:19 pm
by Matelot
With all due respect to all.
Has anyone got a HOW TO: creating a Boinc farm, garden patch etc with out having to read through links etc. I've tried the read through links, but, there is something missing with them.
Any info would be most appreciated
#2
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:46 pm
by Snowdog
Did you have a look here?
http://www.dunadd.co.uk/seti/forum/viewtopic.php?t=354
Nightlord posted a very useful step by step guide.
#3
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 12:39 pm
by Matelot
Cheers Snowdog :)
Missed this, must have gone link blind
#4
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 9:38 am
by Nightlord
An update to my ramblings in that other thread.....
There is now an officially supported 64bit Boinc Client which can be downloaded (and will be automatically selected if you are running a 64bit Linux distro).
This is important if you want to run some projects with 32bit apps on you new 64bit machine.
To upgrade from a previous version (perhaps the v5.8.16 in the link I provided), open BoincMgr, select File>Exit. This will close and shutdown Boinc. Browse to you Boinc Folder and take a copy. Download the new Boinc version (currently v5.10.45) from Berkeley and install in exactly the same way as in the other thread. This will (should!) maintain all your data files, while upgrading to the new version. Open BoincMgr and check on the messages tab, you should see a version change message and it should be running cpu benchmarks as a result. After the benchmark is complete, Boinc will resume crunching.
If the upgrade went pear shaped, simply restore from the copy you took and try again.
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To control a Boinc Farm under linux, I use exactly the same method for Windows. In fact I have Linux, XP and Vista boxes active here. I use BoincView, setting remote_hosts.cfg and gui_rpc_auth.cfg to allow an admin pc to control the farm. Neat and simple. Others use BAM to effect the same control.
#5
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 7:54 pm
by Matelot
YESSSS
Followed Nightlords distructions for 32-bit, and hay presto, it worked 8)
Got an old 2.4 intel working under Ubuntu :)
Had a bit of trouble with sharing, not sure what I did, but I can now see it on Boincview on my XP machine.
cheers Snowdog/Nightlord
#6
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 4:01 pm
by Matelot
#7
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:42 pm
by Nightlord
Wowsers Matelot, jumping from Linux newbie to headless farming shows enthusiasm for sure
So, firstly a get out clause: I've never actually built a headless farm, so I'd be interested as much as you.
Having said that, the best guide I've found is
http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/arti ... s_Farm.pdf
It's for Folding, but once you have your nodes up and running, there's no reason why you can't put boinc on them.
This is not Ububtu, but uses LTSP. Also it's a few years out of date now, so there maybe some broken links.
Enjoy
#8
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:13 am
by Matelot
I thiuoght you all might be interested in this, I found a link on the docking forum.
http://www.dotsch.de/boinc/Dotsch_UX.html
It for diskless systems using ubuntu.
#9
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 1:27 pm
by MacDitch
Yeah, Dotsch seems to be pushing this quite hard - there's a message appeared somewhere on most active boards. The only feedback I've seen is one guy saying he couldn't get it to run under any circumstances. Of course, I have no idea what he tried!
#10
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 4:13 pm
by Matelot
I've loaded the server up, but theres something wrong when adding diskless clients, DHCP sees the client, and assigns an IP address but TFTP doesn't seem to know where the files for download are
#11
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:31 pm
by rowpie
the whole diskless client thing seems like an awful lot of hassle for the cost of hard drives these days. unless there is another advantage i am missing the point off.
#12
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:49 pm
by Matelot
I know you can get a 500GB Sata Drive for £50 or less now, but the point for me is to use less power to run my rigs.
My next step, when I have a diskless farm, is to run 2 rigs from 1 PSU. :)
#13
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:49 pm
by Matelot
Update, I've managed to get it working, looks like there was 2 files missing, now to checkout if boinc runs :)
If all goes well, then I'll turn my attension to the PSU issue 8)
#14
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:23 pm
by steve
Matelot wrote:I know you can get a 500GB Sata Drive for £50 or less now, but the point for me is to use less power to run my rigs.
My next step, when I have a diskless farm, is to run 2 rigs from 1 PSU. :)
have you tried CF cards? I run a few of my linux machines on 4 gb cards at approx 7 quid each low power consumption ( milliwatts ) no moving parts and easy to clone .....
