Re: Any Beowulfs for Macs (esp. Nubus Macs)?
I find theese in my local mirror:
$ locate mpich | grep powerpc
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/devel/blacs-mpich-dev_1.1-10.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/devel/blacs-mpich-test_1.1-10.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/devel/mpich_1.1.2-11.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/libs/blacs1-mpich_1.1-10.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/net/netpipe-mpich_2.3-1.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/woody/main/binary-powerpc/devel/blacs-mpich-dev_1.1-13.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/woody/main/binary-powerpc/devel/blacs-mpich-test_1.1-13.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/woody/main/binary-powerpc/libs/blacs1-mpich_1.1-13.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/pool/main/m/mpich/mpich_1.2.1-1_powerpc.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/pool/main/m/mpich/mpich_1.2.1-3_powerpc.deb
$ locate lam | grep powerpc
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/devel/blacs-lam-dev_1.1-10.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/devel/blacs-lam-test_1.1-10.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/libs/blacs1-lam_1.1-10.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/libs/lam2_6.2b-pl3-8.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/net/lambdacore_19990215-1.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/net/lambdamoo-docs_1.8.0p6-7.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/net/lambdamoo_1.8.1-1.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/net/netpipe-lam_2.3-1.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/utils/calamaris_2.29-1.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/utils/lam-runtime_6.2b-pl3-8.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/woody/main/binary-powerpc/devel/blacs-lam-dev_1.1-13.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/woody/main/binary-powerpc/devel/blacs-lam-test_1.1-13.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/woody/main/binary-powerpc/libs/blacs1-lam_1.1-13.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/woody/main/binary-powerpc/net/lambdamoo-docs_1.8.0p6-7.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/woody/main/binary-powerpc/net/lambdamoo_1.8.1-2.deb
$ locate pvm | grep powerpc
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/devel/blacs-pvm-dev_1.1-7.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/devel/blacs-pvm-test_1.1-7.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/devel/libpvm3_3.4.2-5.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/devel/pvm-dev_3.4.2-5.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/devel/pvm_3.4.2-5.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/devel/xpvm_1.2.5-6.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/libs/blacs1-pvm_1.1-7.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-powerpc/net/netpipe-pvm_2.3-1.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/woody/main/binary-powerpc/devel/blacs-pvm-dev_1.1-9.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/woody/main/binary-powerpc/devel/blacs-pvm-test_1.1-9.deb
/home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/woody/main/binary-powerpc/libs/blacs1-pvm_1.1-9.deb
So, someone has done something already.
Regards,
/Karl
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From: Bob Beaton <bobb@vt.edu>
Subject: Any Beowulfs for Macs (esp. Nubus Macs)?
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:18:40 -0500
> Hello,
>
> I've been lurking on this list for pointers as I try to come up to speed on
> Beowulf configurations for Linux. I hope no one minds me asking an obviously
> newbie question: Has anyone setup a beowulf using strictly Macintosh
> hardware?
>
> I think I saw a recent post with a version of my question, with an extended
> reply suggesting (as I recall) that Macs have been too expensive (compared
> to Intel HW) to attract much interest by your community. While that might be
> true, I have a slightly different motivation for my question. Specifically,
> I have a bunch of older PowerMacs (7100s, 8100s, 8500s) in my lab, which all
> work fine and seem much too good to salvage. Moreover, I need to do a lot of
> computational work (mostly 2D FFTs and signal processing and virtual
> environment algorithms) that I'd like to off-load from my daily-use
> machines.
>
> Moreover, I recently discovered that the older, Nubus-based (as opposed to
> PCI-based) Macs can run a developmental version of the Linux 2.4 kernel.
> This development means that older Nubus-based PowerMacs have more options
> available than MkLinux, such as LinuxPPC and Debian. It seems to me, then,
> that a port of the Beowulf (and associated parallel processing) software
> would at least be reasonable, given that hardware expense is not an issue
> for me.
>
> I'd very much appreciate any thoughts and pointers on my question. I am
> aware of some current limitations, such as a lack of drivers to Nubus-based
> 100BaseT ethernet cards, as well as some current alternatives, such as
> AppleSeed for the MacOS. I'd real like to get these machines crunching
> numbers under a Linux environment.
>
> Many thanks,
> Bob
>
> P.S. I really enjoy this list--it has been very helpful to me as I learn my
> way through things. I know I have a looooong way to go yet!
>
>
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