[ale] any other Mosix user's out there; if yes, 'coupla questions.........

[Courtney Thomas]

That's what I've done, but Mosix itself has apparently fouled it's own
playpen.

Thanks Jeff ! 


Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> 
> I attempted a Mosix install a few months ago and did manage to
> successfully establish "node one" of my cluster.
> 
> In the Mosix docs, they want you to go straight to kernel.org for a
> particular kernel version, upon which you perform the Mosix installation.
> 
> - Jeff
> 
> Vernard Martin wrote:
> 
> >>I am running 2.4.17 on debian and redhat.
> >>
> >>When redhat[7.2] installed the mosix kernel, it used redhat's
> >>original kernel, [2.4.7-10], and is also utilizing initrd.
> >>
> >
> > Does redhat 7.2 have an actual option to install mosix or did you install mosix
> > on top of an existing redhat 7.2 system?
> >
> >
> >>Without causing havoc, can I edit lilo.conf to alter these
> >>parameters ? If not, how can Mosix be forced to use the more
> >>recent kernel ?
> >>
> >
> > My understanding of Mosix is that it is modificaitons to the existing redhat
> > 7.2 kernel that enales the features of MOSIX. So once you have recompiled the
> > kernel with these mods, you will need to edit lilo so that it boots the correct
> > kernel that contains the mosix enhancements.
> >
> >
> >>Also, of what value, if any, might be it's using initrd ?
> >>
> >
> > The initial ramdisk is used to load individual modules that are not compiled
> > into the kernel at boot time. If you don't have any modules of this nature then
> > you don't need to use it. I seem to recall that MOSIX compiled all of its
> > feature set internally so that it doesn't need any non-standard modules.
> >
> > V
> >

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