some problem about install on cluster

ztdep · 04-01-2007, 10:52 AM

Hi:
Friends. We are working on set up a linux cluster with 50 PCs. We want to know how to install redhat linux 9 onto each machines.
need i to install linux one by one.
Regards

acid_kewpie · 04-01-2007, 11:10 AM

well firslty don't use redhat 9, why would you want to do that? it's 4 years obselete... use rhel 4.4 / 5.0 or centos 4.4 / 5.0 if you want a new equivaent.

secondly look at kickstart, which can build a personalised redhat installation from a configuration file. you can also use a pxe boot server to provide this over a network alogn with the installation files so you'd only need to run the pc's on, plug in a network cable and they'll do the rest automaticlaly.

ztdep · 04-01-2007, 11:06 PM

Thank you very much!
We are going to perfrome the parallel computation on the cluster.
by the way ,what is the pxe boot server

acid_kewpie · 04-02-2007, 01:50 AM

if you genuinely are clustering boxes then really there's no point installing on the machiens themselves at all. i'd suggest making them boot to a network if it's possible, then they never need an installation process at all.