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SPECTRA Send message Joined: 24 May 04 Posts: 8 Credit: 420,861 RAC: 0 |
Does anyone knows where to get it? Or want to share? I have two old indigo2 sitting in the corner doing nothing and I thought about giving them something to crunch. regards spectral |
Ned Slider Send message Joined: 12 Oct 01 Posts: 668 Credit: 4,375,315 RAC: 0 |
> Does anyone knows where to get it? Or want to share? > I have two old indigo2 sitting in the corner doing nothing and I thought about > giving them something to crunch. > > regards > > spectral > Your best bet is probably to compile your own client from the linux source. See the links in my signiture below for instructions for compiling on linux. You may need to modify the source headers slightly to work with your compiler on Silcon Graphics. However, don't expect an indigo to be very fast. My O2's used to take 16-18 hours under seti classic and even my dual MIPS Octane used to take 8 hours per unit per cpu. My guess is you won't even get 1 unit a day out of an indigo. Ned *** My Guide to Compiling Optimised BOINC and SETI Clients *** *** Download Optimised BOINC and SETI Clients for Linux Here *** |
Benher Send message Joined: 25 Jul 99 Posts: 517 Credit: 465,152 RAC: 0 |
Michael Aeschere was attempting to compile boinc/seti for their "SGI Origin 2800". Check out his questions in http://www.ssl.berkeley.edu/pipermail/boinc_dev/2004-November/000993.html Mail list was having connect errors when I tried, but google has them cached. http://www.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev |
SPECTRA Send message Joined: 24 May 04 Posts: 8 Credit: 420,861 RAC: 0 |
> My guess is you won't even get 1 unit a day out of an indigo. You're probably right, Ned. Sometimes I forget how slow they are compared to nowadays x86 pcs. [good ol' times...]. I'll give it a try though. Thanks, guys! spectral |
Ned Slider Send message Joined: 12 Oct 01 Posts: 668 Credit: 4,375,315 RAC: 0 |
Yes, I was absolutely amazed at how slow an O2 was when I first ran seti classic on it. I never even tried on our older indigo's so I can't give you an accurate estimate. There are clients for seti classic available for IRIX, so in the mean time you could always run classic on them. This at least should give you an indication of their speed as Boinc/seti seems similar (maybe slightly slower) to seti classic. Sorry I can't be of more help, but I no longer have access to any SGI hardware to compile clients for it. Ned *** My Guide to Compiling Optimised BOINC and SETI Clients *** *** Download Optimised BOINC and SETI Clients for Linux Here *** |
AthlonRob Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 378 Credit: 7,041 RAC: 0 |
> I have two old indigo2 sitting in the corner doing nothing I'm jealous - send one to me! :-) I'll pay shipping... Rob |
Ned Slider Send message Joined: 12 Oct 01 Posts: 668 Credit: 4,375,315 RAC: 0 |
> > I have two old indigo2 sitting in the corner doing nothing > > I'm jealous - send one to me! :-) > > I'll pay shipping... > > Have you looked on e-bay? Old SGI hardware is rediculously cheap, but is also rediculously slow by today's standards. Also, it's not uncommon for many University's and Companies to throw this stuff out or give it away ;) Ned *** My Guide to Compiling Optimised BOINC and SETI Clients *** *** Download Optimised BOINC and SETI Clients for Linux Here *** |
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