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ClusterKnoppix

Posted by michael on from the making-the-hard-things-easy dept.

chronicon writes "Knoppix is the ultimate live CD. No geek-kit should be without it. Now Wim Vandersmissen has taken it a step futher by adding openMosix functionality. Drop the clusterKnoppix CD in your "server", boot up... boot up some networked clients... Knoppix built in LTSP magic kicks in and ta-da--instant cluster!"

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  1. As if I needed another reason... by mercan01 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I found out about OpenMosix recently, and I'd been looking for an excuse to test it out. This just makes it even easier.

    I'm wondering how difficult it is to setup. Is it as easy as the poster made it sound?

    1. Re:As if I needed another reason... by 1qa2ws3ed · · Score: 5, Interesting

      i didn't touch the keyboard. ten clicks with the mouse (i'm sure they where not more than ten...) and i was running a single system image cluster based on 3 diskless nodes... it is probably easyer to set it up than to explain what it can do. and it can do A LOT...

  2. Re:Awesome... by stanmann · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Well, think of an environment where you have boxen sitting around unused part of the time, and want to be able to plug and unplug cluster components dynamically and not have any persistent data stored on the part time cluster members, Possibly even using them for windows and word processing during the day and cracking the xbox key at night.

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  3. Re:clusterKnoppix Mirrors by Mr.+McGibby · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How about a non-copyright-infringing make-your-own-torrent web site? I'm sure it wouldn't get the bandwidth load that the other torrent sites. Then random people on slashdot could actually just do this themselves and post a comment with a torrent link.

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  4. Re:Hehe Neat by rkz · · Score: 5, Interesting

    well I do actually.... GNU/Vidomi

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  5. Knoppix by ajs318 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    has replaced tomsrtbt as my rescue tool of choice.

    It probably would have done so even if any of my latest machines had a floppy drive ..... what these people have managed to pull off is fantastic.

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