Hi David: I think the concern was performance, so if you (or somebody else) can come up with some numbers that would help with the decision.
Personally though, the version that OSCAR ships with, is quite old - maybe it is na�ve to assume that old = slow though. Cheers, Bernard > -----Original Message----- > From: Lombard, David N [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:45 > To: Bernard Li; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Oscar-devel] FW: README.RHEL.txt edits? > > This is a question I raised recently. It is my contention > that the current default TFTP servers provided with most > distros is perfectly sufficient for most OSCAR installations. > If a higher-performance version is needed, atftp is the > correct choice, not tftp-hpa, and certainly not as a default by OSCAR. > > -- > David N. Lombard > > My comments represent my opinions, not those of Intel Corporation. > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:oscar-devel- > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bernard Li > >Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:17 AM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [Oscar-devel] FW: README.RHEL.txt edits? > > > >Hey guys: > > > >Is this right? Should we remove this step in the README? > > > >Which distribution (update version) does not include tftp-server by > >default? > > > >Cheers, > > > >Bernard > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Angel de Vicente [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 3:30 > >> To: Bernard Li > >> Subject: RE: [Oscar-users] RHE4 plus package modifications? > >> > >> Hi Bernard, > >> > >> yes, it is clearer, althoug in my case I didn't have to do > step A3, > >> oscar automatically removed the pre-installed tftp and > installed its > >> own, so I just skipped this step as well. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Angel de Vicente > >> > >> Bernard Li writes: > >> > Hi Angel: > >> > > >> > We have updated the README for RHEL3, please take a > look and see > >> if it > is clearer now from your experience: > >> > > >> > > >> http://svn.oscar.openclustergroup.org/oscar/branches/branch-4- > >> 1/README.R > >> > HEL.txt > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > > >> > Bernard > >> > > >> > > -----Original Message----- > >> > > From: Angel de Vicente [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: > >> Tuesday, March 01, 2005 1:59 > > To: Bernard Li > > Cc: > >> [email protected] > > Subject: RE: > >> [Oscar-users] RHE4 plus package modifications? > >> > > > >> > > Hi, > >> > > > >> > > Bernard Li writes: > >> > > > Hi Angel: > >> > > > > >> > > > > I just went through an installation of OSCAR 4.0 > in a > > > >> cluster > > of RHE3 update 3 WS machines, and it all went > > > fine > >> after a > > few misunderstandings with the > > >> > documentation, but anyway, all > > is working now. > >> > > > > >> > > > If you can let us know where the documentation is > lacking, > > >> > we can > improve it. > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > Well, I was installing on Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3 > >> (WS) > > Update 3, so perhaps the AS version is different... > >> > > > >> > > * The step about Initrd and elilo.conf in page 14 of the > > > >> manual didn't apply to > >> > > me. At the beginning I trid to change this to reflect my > >> > > grub loader, etc. but > >> > > no chance, what I had to do was simply skip this section. > >> > > > >> > > * The same for the step about systemconfig.conf also > in page 14 > >> > > > > * In page 15, the step about the tftp-server was > not for me, > >> > > either. It looks > >> > > like OSCAR already uninstalls a version of tftp and > >> > > installs its own, so I > >> > > skipped this section. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > So, in my case I guess it would have been better if I > didn't > > >> > read the documentation carefully :-) Skipping section > 3.5 Red > > > >> Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (AS) Notes would almost have worked > > > >> (except for the point about mysql-server, which I had to apply). > >> > > > >> > > Anyway, once I learned about these deviations from the > >> > > documentation, it all went very well. > >> > > > >> > > Thanks, > >> > > Angel de Vicente > >> > > -- > >> > > ---------------------------------- > >> > > http://www.iac.es/galeria/angelv/ > > > > PostDoc Software > >> Support > > Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias > > > > > >> > >> -- > >> ---------------------------------- > >> http://www.iac.es/galeria/angelv/ > >> > >> PostDoc Software Support > >> Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias > >> > >> > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > >SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid > >reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real > users. > >Discover which products truly live up to the hype. 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