Using Knoppix to make a Linux cluster on your home network

[j.drake]

I put /etc/init.d/openmosix restart in /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh and it works fine!

With PXE, or without (I couldn't tell where your success was)?

JD

[A. Jorge Garcia]

I haven't used PXE, sorry.

BTW, I also put /etc/init.d/ssh start in /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh when using QUANTIAN as QUANTIAN doesn't start ssh automatically at boot-up like clusterKNOPPIX does.

Regards,
AJG

[knopp]

ClusterKnoppix is seriously cool, and runs beautifully for me with PXE. It even detects and loads my persistent home dirs on each node if I configure it with the boot option "home=scan". Very nice to have all my KDE preferences and Live-Installer and Klik programs available so automagically.

I'd like to use this as my main Knoppix version. But does anyone know why OpenOffice.org was removed? I really need it (unlike the other stuff that was removed), and since the clusterKnoppix ISO is only 554MB, and the OOo GNU/Linux download is only 75MB, there would appear to be room for OOo on a 700MB clusterKnoppix CDR(W). (I don't quite have the resources to remaster it myself and put OOo back in, if that's even possible.)

Thanks in advance,
Dave.

[quentusrex]

OK, please help... This error is killing me.... I am trying to create a cluster with clusterknoppix as the master and CHAOS as the drones. from many websites it says that for clusterknoppix you should follow these commands:

su
tyd -f init
tyd

well, I'm having massive problems here....

Ty-d: crypt type IPSEC will be used.
Ty-d: This default gateway will be used [192.168.0.1]
Ty-d: Unable to initialise openMosix (Try "setpe -off"). Exiting.


running setpe -off doesn't seem like the right thing to do, but it gives:
openMosix configuration disabled.

And then tyd:
Ty-d: crypt type IPSEC will be used.
Ty-d: This default gateway will be used [192.168.0.1]
openMosix configuration changed: This is openMosix #107 (of 1 configured)
openMosix #107 is at IP address 192.168.0.107
Ty-d: critical error network bind failure in phillip.


anyhelp would be greatly appreciated.

[emmbec]

Hi, I set a static IP in the server (HD installed) and the cluster worked fine (two PC), but I connected the two computers using a cross cable, and now I am using a router, which has internet connection, i connect other computers on the router and the nodes seem to be talking to each other fine, but the server machine doesn't have internet acces. Is there a way to have internet acces on the server, I connect through a DSL connection, which is configured on the router(Change the IP to dynamic and still have the nodes talking to each other?). Thanks

[A. Jorge Garcia]

I don't use bootmisc.sh anymore to start up ssh. I use update-rc.d ssh defaults! I only need to do this once during the hd-install process after editting /etc/lilo.conf and running netcardconfig.

Regards,
AJG

[Harry Kuhman]

Hi, I set a static IP in the server (HD installed)....s. Is there a way to have internet acces on the server, I connect through a DSL connection, which is configured on the router(Change the IP to dynamic and still have the nodes talking to each other?). Thanks

As long as the "server" is on the same sub-net (for most routers that's when the first three numbers in the IP address match when the mask is 255.255.255.0) and it's properly configured to use the router as the gateway, it should have Internet access, regardless of using DHCP or using a static IP address. You might want to post the information on the router, the ifconfig information for a machine that does work, and the ifconfig information for the "server" that doesn't seem to have Internet access.

[emmbec]

That was the problem, i forgot to set up my router as gateway, thanks.

[A. Jorge Garcia]

BTW, anyone know how to set-up an ftp server quickly? Isn't there a command like update-rc.d ssh defaults for ftp too? I fogot it!

Thanx,
AJG

[emmbec]

There is one

apt-get install proftpd

Easy to install and setup, although its not Secure FTP