<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">A few questions from an experienced sys-admin that is a "beowulf newbee"...</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">If I use Redhat, what version had best support for Beowulf? The older version have been around the longest, so we know they "work", but does 2.2.19 (redhat 7.0) or the 2.4.x (redhat 7.1) kernel give better out-of-the-box support? (I'll still have to compile the kernel, but that's no big deal)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I have heaps of diskless clients and want to know what free software give me the easiest route to getting these on line. I'm currently assuming the following is the best for my environment:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">3-com boot-roms emulate floppy (with Etherboot package?), fake floppy(ie ROM) supports NFS root FS and rarp for getting IP info , NFS and rarp server are the same, so no bootloader req'd. Anyone got any suggestions that might make this better? (like putting root FS in ROM?) All suggestions welcome....</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Regarding the Beowulf HOWTO, is these un updated version that deals with 2.2.19 or 2.4.x kernels as it appears that the kernel options have changed a bit since the HOWTO was written?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">David.</font>
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