Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 03:10:37 +0300 From: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> To: Kenn D Crossley <kenndc@cyberdude.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP! please Message-ID: <37C0917D.72229E47@ispro.net.tr> References: <3.0.5.32.19990823003538.007b8050@pop.clara.net>
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answer to question 1; the machines would be enough for setiathome I guess I have never used it though here is some information quoted from the ports docs. The best part is you can download the already compiled binaries and install easily :) http://www.freebsd.org/ports/astro.html#setiathome-1.2 >setiathome will run at nice level 1 by default, with a single process. >If you are running a SMP system and therefore would like to run one >process per CPU, or would like setiathome to run under another user ID, >you have to set it up manually. > >setiathome requires about 0.5 MBytes disk space in its working >directory, and about 12 MBytes of memory. If you have ample physical >memory, it's work load should be almost undetectable. > >setiathome is a binary distribution currently available for FreeBSD >2.2.6, 2.2.7, 2.2.8, 3.1, and 4.0. Newer versions of FreeBSD should be able >to run older binaries. though with 16MB you are on the limits, I am not sure how would your computers performance would be if you use X with them. answer to question 2 see this page http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ26.html#26 quoted from the page; >If you need to download the distributions yourself (for a DOS >filesystem install, for instance), below are some recommendations >for distributions to grab: > > bin/ > manpages/ > compat*/ > doc/ > src/ssys.* answer to question 3; for the upgrades, FreeBSD has a new release every 3-4 months but you do not have to upgrade it everytime though...there are 2 kinds of upgrade for the first one you should download the same kind of files you have downloaded for installation and install them with the upgrade function in the sysinstall utility. the second one is source upgrade but for this one you should have all the sources downloaded (you do this for once only) then you can use cvsup to upgrade for the upgrades you usually wont need to download more than 10MB(MAX!) you can find more information about upgrades at handbook see; http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/cutting-edge.html about the question 4 it is not exactly related about FreeBSD if the setiathome program is allowing you to give the data files to it from an external source else than internet, then you can. (I have no clue about this since I did not use setiathome) answer to question 5 you need to learn installing freebsd and a few other things :) like pkg_add for installing packages(for example setiathome) though it is very simple, and mounting floppy and so. you can learn them in a few hours easily. (and we are here to help :) answer to question 6 I believe with freebsd you can process setiathome data faster than you do with win98 but how much faster? I do not know :( answer to question 7 I do not have any more advices sorry :( is there anything I missed or I could not make clear enough? (BTW thanks for choosing FreeBSD :) Evren Kenn D Crossley wrote: > > firstly: i can spell unix but that is the limit to my expertise! > > secondly: i would like to be able to process more SETI@home data than i do > at present > > thirdly: i have enough left-over bits from previous upgrades to, almost, > make two pc's (AMD K6 200 & Cyrix P150) but they would have very little ram > (16Mb for one and i would need to buy some for the other) and very, very > little hard drive space (345Mb & 245Mb). obviously, i need to think about > an operating system other than those available from M$!! > > forthly: i would like to spend as little as possible on these extra > machines and as i get, virtually, free downloads each saturday i would > prefer not to pay for the release cd > > question 1: is FreeBSD the best operating system for simply running > SETI@home data (given the limited spec machines available)?? > > or should i look for a different hat to wear?? > > question 2: after reading some of the docs, i've downloaded the bin, > floppies & XF86334 directories from the following location, are these all i > need to install and run FreeBSD? > current.freebsd.org:/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/i386/3.2-19990820-STABLE/bin/ > > what else do i need?? > > what else would be nice/a big help??? > > question 3: how often do i need to download this amount of data? > > what do i need to download on a regular basis and how often? > > question 4: does anyone know if is possible to download the SETI@home data > using Win98 then transfer it on a floppy to FreeBSD (i currently do this > between two win98 systems as the kids machine does not have a modem) > > or would at least one of the FreeBSD machines need an internet connection? > > question 5: how little FreeBSD would i need to learn to do what i'm trying > to do? > > question 6: am i going about this all wrong and should i be trying to > achieve my goal (to process as much SETI data as possible) in a totally > different way? > > question 7: is there any other advice anyone would like to pass on > > thanks for your time, > best regards, > kenn > > please reply to: > kenndc@cyberdude.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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