advice for a linux n00b

[sno.lcn]

I just got a 350mhz p2 for free so I figured I would let it fold for team yatta. It has windows98 on it right now. I was considering just throwing windows 2k on it, but decided to go with linux. Can somebody recommend a linux distro for me to use? All it's going to be doing is folding and running netDIMES.

[khiloa]

You can check out the Alt. OS. forums. ;)

I would recommend you try Ubuntu, which can be found at http://www.ubuntulinux.org/

Easy to install, easy to use once installed, easy to maintain, etc.

[daywalker03]

Or you could try DSLinux. That one would be even more space efficient, since I'm not sure how big the hard drive in that system is.

[WarriorII]

I'm interesed too.

I could bennifit from more knowledge about linux.

For the sole purpose of Folding. (&the Linux Chicks) ;)

:attn:

[sno.lcn]

Or you could try DSLinux. That one would be even more space efficient, since I'm not sure how big the hard drive in that system is.
the hd is 8gb. I just tried knoppix 4.0.2 and it kept restarting when trying to boot and when I tried 3.3 after I pushed enter to boot, my monitor went black and said "out of range" I'll keep trying other distros.

You can check out the Alt. OS. forums. ;)

I would recommend you try Ubuntu, which can be found at http://www.ubuntulinux.org/

Easy to install, easy to use once installed, easy to maintain, etc.
Thanks, I never looked over there before. They have an AWESOME linux install sticky over there!

[daywalker03]

Hmm... I can't understand why some distributions insist on trying to set the monitor at high resolutions first. I installed DSLinux on a 325 MB hard drive last night. The first few times I tried running it from the CD, it pretty much gave me the same thing you just described. When I did a command line install I was able to set the default resolution for the GUI at something I know the monitor could handle.

[sno.lcn]

I wouldn't think my monitor should have any problems though, it's a 19" Viewsonic vx924.

[daywalker03]

It's more likely that the video card in that older computer can't handle the resolution switching that the Live CD's use. I know that the GeForce FX 5500 in my computer can, but the older GeForce cards I have can't. And I don't think you can put in a 4X/8X AGP card and have it work.

[sno.lcn]

You're right, the card that's in that rig now is a piece of ****.

[ihrsetrdr]

I've never had any luck getting a fAh client set up on Ubuntu, but that's prolly just me; I've run fAh in SUSE, Redhat, Fedora4(or 3) and Mandrake, but have not figured out to run as a service. I do a noobish workaround and just copy/paste "./FAH4Console-Linux.exe" from a text file into a console, and let it run. If the machine reboots for whatever reason, I just do it again and it picks up where it left off.

EDIT: Almost forgot...a nice lightweight distro called foldix(as discussed...here (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=411995) ) sets up easily and uses only 30 or 40 mb of ram by the o/s. You can ssh or use putty(if headless) and also use EM3 from your main rig to monitor your WU(again, if headless).

Regarding the ability to run netDIMES, foldix certainly wouldn't be of use, and I really have no idea what the procedure would be to run it in other Linux flavors.

[Kendan]

Once you pick a distro and install it or boot from a knoppix disk then here is a site to learn the basics of linux:


www.linux.org/lessons

[daywalker03]

I've never had any luck getting a fAh client set up on Ubuntu, but that's prolly just me; I've run fAh in SUSE, Redhat, Fedora4(or 3) and Mandrake, but have not figured out to run as a service. I do a noobish workaround and just copy/paste "./FAH4Console-Linux.exe" from a text file into a console, and let it run. If the machine reboots for whatever reason, I just do it again and it picks up where it left off.

EDIT: Almost forgot...a nice lightweight distro called foldix(as discussed...here (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=411995) ) sets up easily and uses only 30 or 40 mb of ram by the o/s. You can ssh or use putty(if headless) and also use EM3 from your main rig to monitor your WU(again, if headless).

Regarding the ability to run netDIMES, foldix certainly wouldn't be of use, and I really have no idea what the procedure would be to run it in other Linux flavors.

Create a file containing the following and name it startfah. It can be configured to start automatically, though I'm not sure quite how to do that. :-/

#!/bin/bash
# This is the startfah file.

echo "Starting F@H"
cd /fah
nohup ./FAH3Console-Linux.exe > /dev/null &

Don't forget to edit this to take into account the version of the Linux client that you are using.

[sno.lcn]

I just installed Fedora4 on my laptop, but having never used any Linux other than the Knoppix 4 cd, I have no clue how to get this thing folding. I downloaded the linux fah client to my desktop, but when I tried to run it it said something about it being an executable and change something to the correct executable something else. Can somebody please tell me how I make this thing work?

[khiloa]

I just installed Fedora4 on my laptop, but having never used any Linux other than the Knoppix 4 cd, I have no clue how to get this thing folding. I downloaded the linux fah client to my desktop, but when I tried to run it it said something about it being an executable and change something to the correct executable something else. Can somebody please tell me how I make this thing work?
Open a command line, (konsole, gnome-terminal, xterm, whatever floats your boat) and cd to your desktop folder probably something like this:

cd ~/Desktop

Then type

chmod +x FAH502-Linux.exe

After all that type

./FAH502-Linux.exe

And if all goes well it should start up.

[sno.lcn]

It worked perfectly. Thanks!

[FemFolder]

If you want to add flags, you should start it like this-

./FAH504-Linux.exe -forceasm -verbosity 9

add any other flags you need.

[Misfit138]

Here I go again, banging my drum.....

If you get frustrated with Fedora, try PCLinuxOS.....I have tried about a dozen distros in the past month.....nothing else compares.


http://www.pclinuxos.com/


:)

[cw823]

Create a file containing the following and name it startfah. It can be configured to start automatically, though I'm not sure quite how to do that. :-/

#!/bin/bash
# This is the startfah file.

echo "Starting F@H"
cd /fah
nohup ./FAH3Console-Linux.exe > /dev/null &
Don't forget to edit this to take into account the version of the Linux client that you are using.

BTT. So how do you do this service thing? I can run it manually but don't want to have to check it all the time. Ubuntu, running 4 sessions (Dual Xeon w/ HT). Will be doing another one of these this week and want to get it down so I pretty much just have to make sure the rig is turned on.

[Zerileous]

What you want to do is add it to the default runlevel. Items in the defualt runlevel are automatically started with the OS. Here (http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php?p=5020705&postcount=4) is a post from over in alt.os that goes into a little more detail.

It seems that you actually need to add a script to the default runlevel in Ubuntu. Here (http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-12071.html) is a tutorial which I have NOT tested. The first part of it describes how to install the program on your computer. If this has been completed, scroll down to the part about making it autostart. Of course you want to make sure that you use your own FAH directory for the script, and not the one he uses.

[jws2346]

Hey just for the heck of it DL and burn a Damn Small Linux CD (DSL) I don't think they recommend installing it to your HD because of updating :shrug: , but I do know it'll run off of a USB flash drive and fold (what someone was saying about the line command ./FAH502-Linux.exe is vital because it makes the client executable in Linux, depending on your version decides the FAHxxx-Linux.exe #'s) I ran DSL headless, dskless, and without a CDROM (after installation) on a P4 2.60 GHz. It's a very fast operating OS for an older machine or one lacking in RAM or HD space (only 50+ MB's if you install it on your HD) Good luck :thup:

[zim01]

Create a file containing the following and name it startfah. It can be configured to start automatically, though I'm not sure quite how to do that. :-/

#!/bin/bash
# This is the startfah file.

echo "Starting F@H"
cd /fah
nohup ./FAH3Console-Linux.exe > /dev/null &

Don't forget to edit this to take into account the version of the Linux client that you are using.
or add to /etc/rc.d/rc.local

#folding
cd /fah
./fah5 -verbosity 9 -forceasm &

[cw823]

or add to /etc/rc.d/rc.local

#folding
cd /fah
./fah5 -verbosity 9 -forceasm &

That's the guide I found online, as I recall I think it was on stanford's site. But I don't have a rc.d folder in that location. As I recall I have rc0.d through rc9.d?

[zim01]

That's the guide I found online, as I recall I think it was on stanford's site. But I don't have a rc.d folder in that location. As I recall I have rc0.d through rc9.d?

check init.d