I have the problem of debugging a huge cod (that I had to change) on a Linux cluster "cpile". Of course I can connect to cpile from my home desktop running SuSE 9.1 In spite of Comcast fast internet having at the same time the Portland Group debugger (pgdbg) running on cpile but displaying on my home box s and a couple of remote terminal-windows opened on cpile and running Konqueror remotely to browse the manualls on-line on cpile ....... slows down my debugging process. Expecially browsing the on-line P.G. documentation (residing on cpile) is a pain ... On the other in the department where I work they only have Windows boxes from which I cannot connect to cpile (Linux cluster) without installing cross-platform packages that require time and experience to make them working. ... I do not have either one at the moment. I was advice to use Knoppix ... I do not know what is is and what it is for ... I wa told: "Have you tried knoppix? It's a cd-only based linux distribution. You can boot directly off of the CD and don't need to install." Does this mean that Knoppix replaces the current operating system even if it does not get installed ? Does it run on top of Windows ? I'm questioning the speed of this solution ... How fast can my debugging get if the poor PC processor has to access the CD to be able to connect to cpile and take care of all the message/data exchange between the PC and the Linux cluster.... I'd appreciate your comments and advice about it .. . Thank you in advance, Maura
Does this mean that Knoppix replaces the current operating system even if it does not get installed ? Does it run on top of Windows ? I'm questioning the speed of this solution ... How fast can my debugging get if the poor PC processor has to access the CD to be able to connect to cpile and take care of all the message/data exchange between the PC and the Linux cluster....
I would say that you can use either Knoppix or the SuSE live CD for this. Speed should not be a problem, because the compiling and most of the work is done on the cluster. You will only use Knoppix as an X server with terminals, so your speed is dependent on your network connection. It will also not afffect the Windows installation as it is inactive. You can remove the harddrive and still run Knoppix/SuSE Live on the PC, so the Windows that is installed on the Harddisk has no effect. The only thing is that you cannot save any files on the local machine, unless the Windows idisk use FAT32 and you manually mount the disk. HTH -- Andre Truter | Software Engineer | Registered Linux user #185282 ICQ #40935899 | AIM: trusoftzaf | http://www.trusoft.za.org ~ A dinosaur is a salamander designed to Mil Spec ~
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:03, Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote:
I have the problem of debugging a huge cod (that I had to change) on a Linux cluster "cpile". Of course I can connect to cpile from my home desktop running SuSE 9.1 In spite of Comcast fast internet having at the same time the Portland Group debugger (pgdbg) running on cpile but displaying on my home box s and a couple of remote terminal-windows opened on cpile and running Konqueror remotely to browse the manualls on-line on cpile ....... slows down my debugging process. Expecially browsing the on-line P.G. documentation (residing on cpile) is a pain ... On the other in the department where I work they only have Windows boxes from which I cannot connect to cpile (Linux cluster) without installing cross-platform packages that require time and experience to make them working. ... I do not have either one at the moment.
I was advice to use Knoppix ... I do not know what is is and what it is for ...
Thank you in advance, Maura
Knoppix is one of the Live CD versions of Linux available today. It runs totally from the CD-Rom, so can be placed basically in any i386 based computer and run. It boots to KDE 3.3 and has a number of debugging tools. More information and downloads availble from http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html From my point of view it is a brilliant piece of software for debugging and repairing disk drives. -- Regards, Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------
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From my point of view it is a brilliant piece of software for debugging and repairing disk drives.
absolutely! or for actually saving your butt if your *forgot* to backup your files regularly. It has k3b and will let you access the hard drive, w/ a little effort.. otherwise, it doesn't touch your hard drive at all.. It's also good to use as a Demo. -- j -- nemo me impune lacessit
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Andre Truter
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Graham Smith
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jfweber@bellsouth.net
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Maura Edelweiss Monville