Actually, what I meant to say was: 'maybe it is na�ve FOR ME to assume...'
(some times touch typing is bad for you... because you type faster than your brain can think!) You never mentioned anything about old=slow, it was all me :) But it's good that you have done some research. Cheers, Bernard > -----Original Message----- > From: Lombard, David N [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 11:02 > To: Bernard Li; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Oscar-devel] FW: README.RHEL.txt edits? > > Bernard, > > No such assumption, old = slow, was ever made. My > conclusions resulted from actual performance studies, working > experience, and design critera. atftp has specific > constructs designed to support larger numbers of concurrent > tftp requests; my actual experiences prior to Intel and > existing public field reports also support these conclusions. > > -- > David N. Lombard > > My comments represent my opinions, not those of Intel Corporation. > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Bernard Li [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:57 AM > >To: Lombard, David N; [email protected] > >Subject: RE: [Oscar-devel] FW: README.RHEL.txt edits? > > > >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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