[Quantian-general] Quantian Boots to KDE w/o openMosix Active - Why?

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

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Hi Georgi,

On 3 April 2006 at 11:26, g.yordanov at dir.bg wrote:
| I tried the CD-version 0.5.9.2 and say 3 of 4 tries Quantian booted
| into KDE without bringing the eth0 up and openMosix not active.

That is a pretty old version...  You could try a more recent Knoppix 4.0.2
cdrom -- the most recent Quantian is based on that and uses the exact same
technology and code.  You could even boot the Quantian iso using a Knoppix
4.0.2 cdrom (see the Quantian HOWTOs for details).

| I don't have a DHCP server in my home network, just a floppyfw
| router&firewall.
| 
| When I got lucky, Quantian boots with eth0 up and an IP address
| assigned (say, 192.168.0.250 or 192.168.0.77 or some other ARBITRARY IP
| address). Then I choose "Start openMosix Terminal Server" from the
| relevant menu and behold I am able to join another of my home PCs to
| the cluster using EtherBoot.
| 
| Why this happens occasionaly? Where is the problem? Is there any
| particular pre-boot configuration I can use so EVERY TIME I'm booting
| Quantian, I get openMosix up and running?

It is a bit hard to say from the description. I think you may have to settle
for stepwise debugging: replace the boot cdrom (as discussed above), try
different boot options (see the Knoppix sites for help there), try a
different dhcp server, ...

Hope this helps,  Dirk

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