New Compaq ML330 won't run FaD in Linux right

[BCinSC]

Loads Knoppix fine, like a dozen other of my systems, but FaD won't process. This is my first P4Xeon system so I don't know if it is something to do with that or the fact the hard drive is unformatted (not necessary for Knoppix CD)?

 

[BCinSC]

Thoughts?

 

[dringdahl]

Are you pointing to a networked drive? Should work in that config, otherwise yes ou will need a formated drive for it to run off of.

 

[BCinSC]

Knoppix is suppose to run completely on RAMDrive. Heck, I've got 2 servers running it with no HD at all.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Is it throwing back any errors?

 

[BCinSC]

Nope. Just sits there for hours. No .tlg or .msi files ever created. I did kill server and launched think on it's own, but doesn't stay running.

 

[dringdahl]

Originally posted by: BCinSC
Knoppix is suppose to run completely on RAMDrive. Heck, I've got 2 servers running it with no HD at all.

Map those nodes to another nfs disk, where the FaDs app is stored, then change drives to there, and execute ./loader should work fine I have some like that.

 

[BCinSC]

Linux, especially Knoppix, newbie. How do I map a drive? Can it share my Windows based queue (I have a dozen or so Windows based systems hitting a single shared install on a Windows server).

 

[dringdahl]

Dont think you can share the windows queue, you would have to load more than a thin client to access Windows Shared Volumes. Do you have another Linix box this is booting from? Or are you booting from floppy?

 

[BCinSC]

Bootable / run from CD. Knoppix is pretty full featured. Check it out:
Knoppix

 

[dringdahl]

Yea but you cant write over to the CD the setting to like auto start a nfs partition, or start the FaD loader. Any reason you dont want to format that disk in there?

 

[BCinSC]

But I could do it from command line once Knoppix up and running, right?

No reason not to format. Just checking system out with easy CD.

 

[dringdahl]

Yea you could do command line, but you would still need a server running NFS to connect to assuming that there is an NFS client in the disk. And that NFS may have to be compiled into the kernel if it is not a kernel mod.

I dont see on that web site a list of all the software on it.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Try this: mount -t smb windows_machine\share

I think that's how it works anyway... If Samba is installed, you don't have to worry about NFS.

 

[grendel8]

BC;

You said you have 2 other systems running in this config already with no HD? If that's the case, I'm not certain that this would be a lack of mapped or local physical drives. Is there anything in any of the FaD log files about why it shuts down? Error messages in server.log? I'm assuming you're running in a directory on the RAM drive and not the CD? Does it make any difference if you try to start the processes as root? Are you able to run fadsetup?

 

[BCinSC]

It's gotta be something quirky with this machine, as I'm doing the same thing as several other machines. Fadsetup works fine and server starts, but then it "hangs" insomuch as Linux can hang. Will either remove drive or at least format to rule that out.

 

[dringdahl]

If your running off another server that has the PID server running then just use ./loader on that machine.

You only need one with server running, dont initiate with fadsetup use loader

 

[dringdahl]

Ping me on IM if you run it at gbl_dominator or go the the team site chat.

http://box4.bluehost.com/~reddeyex/chat/flashchat.php

 

[BCinSC]

OK, here's an update. Removed hard drive from picture. Knoppix 3.4 loads fine and everything seems to be working: I can connect to internet, download linux FaD exe, put in directory on RAMdrive, expand it, run FadSetup to config and launch server - just like every other Knoppix machine I have. Think never seems to start, so I tried loading it manually, then did a "ps -A". Think is croaking with a segmentation fault. I loaded Folding@Home and it's running fine, so I don't think I have a bad hardware issue, maybe just an incompatibility with FaD?

 

[dringdahl]

Seg Faults are usually memory problems. You said it is working fine on another machine? So it would not be the software.

 

[BCinSC]

Yeah. FaD on Knoppix on 4 other machines - Dual 933, P4/2.4C w/HT, and two P4/3.06. This is a Xeon 2.8 with HT. I don't think it's the software, per se, but perhaps something with it's interaction with Xeon? I know, doesn't make much sense to me either, but diags, Win 2003 and Knoppix, not to mention Folding@Home, all say system is happy.

 

[BCinSC]

I have another one that won't run FaD either. A Barton 2500+. Again, runs F@H fine, along with everything else standard. Weird.