check the following www.beowulf.org www.beowulf-underground.org dig around and you should be able to find a point by point cookbook for a "cluster". also, mail.beowulf on google unsenet (discussion groups) should be a good place to direct questions. I gather if most people on this list know anything about cluster computing, it's just a glassy-eyed interest. but to echo etharp, please post your progress for all us wannabees. :)