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Agreed. I see no point to this system. I've said my piece about this. I don't want to get in trouble. |
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Hitest, I really don't think the mods are going to get you for presenting a valid argument. :) I personally don't think this can be adapted to the GNU/Linux kernel from the BSD kernel without major inclusion from the BSD kernel. It's not as if you can just cut & paste from one to the other. :) There is so much that would have to be re-written to adapt this. Possibly creation of the filesystem using GNU/Linux would be far easier but still for a enterprise need. Why? The mega-T drives are not going to be used by a general user of Slackware over multiple systems via mirroring. Plus if a enterprise user is wanting the cluster wide support that Hammer is to provide to the systems will require decent network bandwidth for your systems; Quote:
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I'm no 1337 haxxor like Shingoshi, but this seems like another attempt by him to muck up and mongrelise Slackware.
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Your comments allowed me to finish stating the rest of my argument. Thanks for your feedback, onebuck. I'm glad that you think I wasn't being too harsh. |
I skimmed over the thread and I didn't see anyone mention this (so I apologize if it has already been said): Shingoshi, wouldn't it make more sense to implement the Hammer filesystem for the Linux kernel natively, instead of doing backwards somersaults trying to make a Dragonfly and Slackware mix?
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There is NO working implementation of the Hammer filesystem for Linux. The current Hammer for Linux is READ ONLY. The person who wanted this initially, wanted WRITE capabilities as well. My suggestion was to simply short-circuit the previous plan by avoiding using the Linux kernel altogether. Essentially I've cut out the entire "switching back to Linux" from the previous plan. What you're left with is using the Dragonfly kernel as it should be. Because my objective in the future is to have a cluster-native kernel, which Dragonfly is developing. I've waited on Linux for too long to implement clustering as a native feature. It could have been done years ago with openMosix. Instead, there are now numerous projects all headed in different directions. When Dragonfly succeeds in clustering their kernel, IT will become the standard against which all other systems are measured. I'm simply gambling on the likely and soon success of the Dragonfly project. My priority isn't to run a Linux kernel. My priority is to have clustering. Running Slackware on top of the Dragonfly kernel would simply be another port of Slackware. Which I have dubbed as SlackHammer. Shingoshi |
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Seems like the simplest possible solution to whatever problem you are trying to solve... |
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Erm...correct me if I'm wrong....
All you're doing is repackaging a General Motors idea: SELL THE CAR. So what if we don't build it? All we want is the idea of the car...And money. While you aren't in it for the financial reasons, you DON'T HAVE A CAR TO SELL. Using your logic, there is a magic OS that is developed, that pixies deliver, and NEVER CRASHES (And it's NOT M$Vista...). There. Now it exists. And I know it does..But I never installed or used it, but I know it works. Why? Because I said so. You also cried in another, NAMELESS POST, about everybody bashing you for your views. I guess the entire community is wrong, and you're right, again. Too bad. You're being criticized. If you EVER wish to be taken seriously, ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING. Take your own advice, and DO IT. THEN tell us about it. And ask for our opinion. And, most of all, take our advise/views in a CONSTRUCTIVE way. Until then, you will probably ONLY get critical comments. BTW, anyone want the new OS? |
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Read the paper and come back with the operating filesystem for GNU/Linux. :hattip: |
So, the idea is to port a Linux distribution to run on a kernel forked from FreeBSD. This is something similar: http://lwn.net/Articles/329556/ "Debian GNU/kFreeBSD". They are making a Debian distribution run on a FreeBSD kernel. GNU libc and lots of packages have been ported and the kernel is a FreeBSD kernel with a few patches. It's a good story to see how much work there is in this kind of project. Of course, it's now easier to do again.
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Good article! Shingoshi, a look at the potential risk and time to be spent in doing what was suggested here; Quote:
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Get this one point, not going to be done in the manner that you have been presenting. Good Luck! :hattip: |
Well, I think I now have the platform to do this with...
I had stripped down my main server recently. And since I'm going to need a cluster system as soon as it becomes available, I now have to consider changing that other system over.
My primary considerations going into this is that I have had the files on that old system's disks since 2004. That's a long continuity to break up for a new install with something that'll have to remove everything beforehand. The current disks from that old system are formatted with XFS on RAID1. I had just recently purchased two Western Digital 1TB drives and transferred my system root over to them. But presently, it's the only alternative I have now. So I guess I'll have a lot of housekeeping to do, transferring files from that machine to this one. Once that's done, I can proceed with the installation of DragonflyBSD. Shingoshi |
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