My p2 dualy rig again
Forum: HD Install
Topic: My p2 dualy rig again
started by: Robocoastie
Posted by Robocoastie on Feb. 26 2005,08:27
Ok, I couldn't find my old thread so I posted this new one (sorry).My P2 dualy rig had been chugging along crunching Folding@Home when it locked up (again). This happens every few days or so and I end up shutting the whole rig down and restarting - rather annoying considering the only thing this rig does is crunch Folding@Home.
I'm thinking it has to do with the hard drive install or a flaw in the very old 2gig (maybe less) scsi hdd or both. Although I'm leaning toward the hdd install being the culprit since it ran Xandros 2.5 along quite nicely without lockups like this. (Xandros 3 threw out SMP ability which ticked me off).
Anyway my question is how do I run DSL in Live mode and just use a persistent home directory on the harddrive for Folding@Home to run/save from?
I'd like to try that as a solution before I cannibalize it for parts.
I even thought of just loading Slack 10 with no X or gui and strip it down to bare essentials during install but I'm too lazy to kernel compile it for scsi and smp.
Remember, I have a personal stake in Folding@Home because Cystic Fibrosis which my daughter has, is one of the genetic disorders F@H studies for, every work unit is precious to us.
Help us Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're our only hope!
thanks!
Rob
Posted by cbagger01 on Feb. 26 2005,18:14
By default, DSL will run in live mode and your /home directory is actually stored in the RAMdisk and not on the hard drive.If you use the backup/restore functionality you can save your /home contents during shutdown and then your hard drive will only be used during startup (restore) and shutdown (backup).
Posted by Present on Feb. 26 2005,21:38
try opening a terminal and typing [replacing hda3 with your home partition of course]:| Code Sample |
| sudo su mount /dev/hda3 /home mount -l #the last command should give you a listing of mounts |
then just copy fah to the /home directory and execute it from there (might have to chmod the directory-dunno).
you will have to do this each time you reboot, but it may do the trick...
Posted by Robocoastie on Feb. 27 2005,02:53
super cool on both ideas thanks I'll try them. -- don't know why I hadn't thought of just mounting the drive and directory like that.
Posted by Present on Feb. 27 2005,03:58
| Quote (Present @ Feb. 26 2005,16:38) |
| you will have to do this each time you reboot, but it may do the trick... |
not sure what that "present" guy was saying, but what he meant was, "you will have to do the 'mount' thing each time, not the copy of fah. and hopefully the working directories will still have meaningful data in them ;-)"
i'm sure you got that, but just wanted to clairify
Posted by Robocoastie on Feb. 28 2005,20:21
aye I got it. Both methods worked. Presently I'm using the mount method so that its saving to hard drive. Don't know why I didn't think of that - call it a "duh" moment I guess. 