12 Dec
2013
12 Dec
'13
7:50 p.m.
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 3:13 PM, James Wilson <james at machineroom.info>wrote:
Hi Kyle, not seen a system like that before - looks
very nice!
No idea on the Helios boot I'm afraid, but do please post back to the
group if you make progress because I'm really keen to try and get it
running on my 340 node T425 system when I get some time :)
James
That sounds like a most impressive array, James! It would be awesome if you
could get some pictures of your system. I think it's fair to say that we
all share Toby's sentiments. And what was its purpose?
I never did get any further on the system this week. And unfortunately, the
next time I'll be able to play with it will be next year. I just don't know
what would cause only one T805 and no C004s to show up with ispy.
The best guide I've found to get Helios initially running is
http://www.geekdot.com/helios.html. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be
any good, general diagnostics for investigating missing nodes. Also, it's a
bummer that getting an X server running requires an Inmos video card, from
what my research shows. I may actually have a VGA card with an INMOS chip
on it, but it may just be some sort of dual-port RAM. I'll need to dig that
out and do some investigating.
Kyle