On Thu, 7 May 1998, Alexander Kushnirenko wrote:
> > component in the cluster within 2 hours. I have since found out
> > listening to this list that the dpkg utility helps to make this
> > chore a lot simpler, if you learn to use the command line interface
> > (silly me).
>
> Could you please gi
Pierre Blanchet ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> "RC" == Rainer Clasen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> RC> Just out of curiosity: What speaks against using rdist? IIRC somebody
> RC> suggested this in a previose discussion on this topic.
> The idea behind dpkg-record/dpkg-replay is flexibility and
"RC" == Rainer Clasen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
RC> Pierre Blanchet ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>> Here, i have 85 PC to install. And the method i will try will be
>> slighty different (note: it will only work in a network, with a
>> local mirror):
>> 3) Write a shell script, dpkg-record, s
Pierre Blanchet ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Here, i have 85 PC to install. And the method i will try will be
> slighty different (note: it will only work in a network, with a
> local mirror):
> 3) Write a shell script, dpkg-record, something like :
Just out of curiosity: What speaks against us
"KLS" == Kenneth L Summers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Hi, Ken!
>>
>> I post this message again, as there were some problems with listserver.
KLS> I think it might have gotten lost at this end... we have a non-Linux mail
KLS> server :)
>> > component in the cluster within 2 hour
On Sun, 10 May 1998, Kenneth L. Summers wrote:
> What is apt-get? I can't find any references to it anywhere on my system...
Like someone's already said, it's the new package manager interface
backend. I'd suggest you get it from project/experimental. It can be
used as a method for dselect (a
On Sun, May 10, 1998 at 05:16:09PM -0600, Kenneth L. Summers wrote:
> > That's good for selecting packages but if you are
> > just updating the things, my suggestion would be a
> > local mirror and apt-get update && apt-get upgrade &&
> > apt-get clean.
> What is apt-get? I can't f
>
> That's good for selecting packages but if you are
> just updating the things, my suggestion would be a
> local mirror and apt-get update && apt-get upgrade &&
> apt-get clean.
>
What is apt-get? I can't find any references to it anywhere on my system...
Ken
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On Thu, May 07, 1998 at 05:15:26PM -0600, Kenneth L. Summers wrote:
> > Could you please give more details about that. Imagine I need to update
> > some
> > package (perl for example) on 6 nodes simultaneously, what do I do?
> It was posted a week or so ago, but here's what they said:
> a) Inst
> Hi, Ken!
>
> I post this message again, as there were some problems with listserver.
I think it might have gotten lost at this end... we have a non-Linux mail
server :)
> > component in the cluster within 2 hours. I have since found out listening
> > to this list that the dpkg utility helps t
On Thu, May 07, 1998 at 03:59:39PM -0400, Alexander Kushnirenko wrote:
> > I've seen several responses point you to Beowulf. Check it out.
> I have a look. It's much more than we want or capable of doing. You
> build supercomputer out of small computers connected with fast network, so
> that s
Hi, Ken!
I post this message again, as there were some problems with listserver.
First of all thanks for the reply!
> Well, welcome to the club. We made the decision about six months ago to
> replace our X-terms with Linux boxes. The `pilot' project was to build a
> small cluster of Debian Lin
>
> Interesting. In the CS department at my university, they have decided
> to move towards xterms instead, since they have lower cost of ownership.
> Most PCs are just terminals now anyway -- we have Citrix WinFrame
> which allows Windows work from any terminal. Some of the better PCs
> have NT
On Tue, May 05, 1998 at 09:04:25AM -0600, Kenneth L. Summers wrote:
> > My colleagues who usually work on X-terminals noticed certain advantages
> > of
> > PC compared to X-terminal and basically the idea is instead of buying extra
> > 5
> > X-terminals to buy 5 PC. I think I understand how t
Hi Sasha.
> My colleagues who usually work on X-terminals noticed certain advantages of
> PC compared to X-terminal and basically the idea is instead of buying extra 5
> X-terminals to buy 5 PC. I think I understand how to maintain single-computer
> system, but I have very little experience wi
I have a related question. We are considering putting together a
collection of Linux machines, but our major concern is
administration. Because we are the fortunate recipients of
government funding, we are in the situation where we can fairly
easily purchase hardware, but there is no way we can a
On Mon, May 04, 1998 at 06:42:44PM -0400, Alexander Kushnirenko wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a question about organising Debian Linux cluster for small physics
> experiment. Half a year ago we bought a PC and I am running Debian 2.0 on
> it.
> My colleagues who usually work on X-terminals notice
> #3 if you are really talking about clustering and not just networking
> then I am afraid that I don't know what the status is in Linux in that
> regard.
I do :)
Check out http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/beowulf/
(Beowulf project page)
Alex Y.
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Hi Sasha;
As to #1, I am not sure that I am reading your question properly, but
a large computer networked to many 'little' computers is superiour to
just having a bunch of little computers as there are tasks that the
'big computer' can accomplish much faster and more efficiently than
the 'little'
Hi,
I have a question about organising Debian Linux cluster for small physics
experiment. Half a year ago we bought a PC and I am running Debian 2.0 on it.
My colleagues who usually work on X-terminals noticed certain advantages of
PC compared to X-terminal and basically the idea is instead
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