No Problem, The idea, we use the existing lab puters in another room, they are connected to the devry network anyway. And use a distcc_knoppix bood disk to turn them into compile servers. I just need to prep the disks :-) cheers Szemir
On December 6, 2004 11:28, Kevin Anderson wrote: > Works for me. I'm just not going to volunteer to bring 'em all, that's > all... > > :) > > Kev. > > > Hi Kev. > > I would agree, that 30 would be a lot, but if the room has 30 machines, > > then > > why not ? At the end of the day, we may just end up doing 6-7 machines > > anyways, though i would really like to go into the double digits decimal. > > Cheers > > Szemir > > > > On December 5, 2004 09:53, Kevin Anderson wrote: > >> The Gentoo boot CDs have it on them as well... > >> > >> 30 machines is a lot. Personally, if I was to do it, I'd plan for maybe > >> 5-7. Then I'd have volunteers set up the 5-7 boxes with DistCC, and then > >> show the time to emerge something reasonably big. Perhaps the kernel. > >> But > >> even 5-7 boxes existing purely to compile on is a lot in a room which is > >> short on power... > >> > >> Kev. > >> > >> On Saturday 04 December 2004 12:54, bogi wrote: > >> > Yes. > >> > And there is a special knoppix with distcc on it configured to run. > >> > >> The > >> > >> > idea is, to boot one of the computer rooms at devry, having 30odd > >> > computers in it, while the distcc explanation presentation procedes, > >> > >> and > >> > >> > once we have distcc running, on a whole room full of computers, the > >> > gentoo presentation can start, and a stage 1 can be presented, > >> > >> hopefully > >> > >> > within one hour. We might want to run a full dress rehearsal a week > >> > before the event, to make sure everything is hunky dory [ > >> > http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-hun2.htm ]. > >> > > >> > After this, we can retain the technology .... and do some more compile > >> > presentations, first to spring to mind, is kernel, in several > >> > >> different > >> > >> > ways, gnome, kde, and indeed any of the big packages. > >> > > >> > Cheers > >> > Szemir > >> > > >> > On December 4, 2004 10:53, Kevin Anderson wrote: > >> > > Not Necessarily. > >> > > > >> > > I think there are two things being discussed here. The first is > >> > >> "How > >> > >> > > to get gentoo installed on a single system in under an hour" The > >> > > second is "How to speed up Gentoo emerges with DistCC". > >> > > > >> > > They could be combined, but the truth is, There would need to be > >> > >> ALOT > >> > >> > > of machines before I could see Gentoo up and running in less than an > >> > > hour via compiles. If I was going to do it in less than an hour, > >> > >> I'd > >> > >> > > use the install media to install from, including the Kernel, and I'd > >> > > install X and KDE from packages. Which would mean that nothing was > >> > > compiled at all. > >> > > > >> > > I'm good with either option, but I think there should be some line > >> > > between the two, because they aren't necessarily related. > >> > > > >> > > Personally, I think DistCC would have more value, firstly because it > >> > > rocks even for people not running Gentoo. And secondly, because > >> > >> it's > >> > >> > > fast and easy, and it's really neat to see it working. Frankly, I > >> > >> was > >> > >> > > shocked that I could have it running in my house on my 3 main > >> > >> machines > >> > >> > > in less than an hour, and particularly since one is a Celeron, > >> > >> (where > >> > >> > > any compile totally sucks) the benefits were enormous. This > >> > >> benefits > >> > >> > > anyone doing anything that requires compiling on any distro. Aaron > >> > >> has > >> > >> > > mentioned IceCream before, and from the sound of it, it's a step > >> > > better, because it resolves crosscompiling, and different versions > >> > >> of > >> > >> > > GCC, and stuff, but DistCC works great for me. > >> > > > >> > > I'd be happy to do either. Or IPcop, though it was suggested that > >> > > IPcop would work better as a whole session one afternoon. > >> > > > >> > > Kev. > >> > > > >> > > On Friday 03 December 2004 23:48, Nick W wrote: > >> > > > On December 3, 2004 10:47 pm, Shawn wrote: > >> > > > > I think that was the distcc presentation... > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Can we do a quickie on distcc in Jan? Would someone volunteer > >> > >> for > >> > >> > > > > this? (cuz I don't know enough to do it...) > >> > > > > >> > > > distcc and fast gentoo installs go hand in hand... > >> > > > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > > clug-talk mailing list > >> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >> > > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >> > > > **Please remove these lines when replying > >> > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > clug-talk mailing list > >> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >> > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >> > > **Please remove these lines when replying > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > clug-talk mailing list > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >> > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >> > **Please remove these lines when replying > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> clug-talk mailing list > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
