[Beowulf] shared memory versus MPI and bootless boot

Geoff Jacobs gdjacobs at gmail.com
Wed Jun 28 20:32:35 PDT 2006


Jim Lux wrote:
> Heh, heh, heh..
> I have a box of Artisoft 2Mbps NICs out in the garage.
> Or, maybe, some of those NE1000 coax adapters.  I have lots of old coax,
> a bag full of connectors, a crimper, and I'm not afraid to use them.
> 
> Hey, it's only to boot.
Save the connectors for important things, like oscilliscopes. Everyone
knows the most entertaining way to wire 10base2 is with vampire taps.

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Geoffrey D. Jacobs

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