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>1. Introduction</H1
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>This document describes step by step instructions on building a
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Beowulf cluster. After seeing all of the documentation that was available,
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I felt there were enough gaps and omissions that my own document, which I
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believe accurately describes how to build a Beowulf cluster, would be
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beneficial.</P
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>I first saw Thomas Sterling's article in Scientific American, and
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immediately got the book, because its title was "How to Build a Beowulf".
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No doubt, it was a valuable reference, but it does not walk you through
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instructions on exactly what to do.</P
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>What follows is a description of what I got to work. It is only one
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example - my example. You may choose a different message passing
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interface; you may choose a different Linux distribution. You may also
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spend as much time as I did researching and experimenting, and learn on
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your own.</P
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>1.1. Copyright and License</H2
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>This document, <EM
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>The Beowulf HOWTO</EM
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>, is
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copyrighted (c) 2004 by <EM
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>Kurt Swendson</EM
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>. Permission
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is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the
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terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later
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version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant
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Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A
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copy of the license is available at <A
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> http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html</A
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>.</P
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>Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.</P
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>1.2. Disclaimer</H2
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>No liability for the contents of this document can be accepted.
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Use the concepts, examples and information at your own risk. There may
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be errors and inaccuracies which could damage to your system. Though
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this is highly unlikely, proceed with caution. The author(s) do not
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accept responsibility for your actions.</P
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unless specifically noted otherwise. Use of a term in this document
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>1.3. Credits / Contributors</H2
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>Thanks to Thomas Johnson for all of his support and encouragement
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and, of course, for the hardware without which I would not have been
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able to even start.</P
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>Thanks to my lovely wife Sharron for her understanding and
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patience during my many hours spent with "the wolves".</P
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>The <A
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>original
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Beowulf HOWTO</A
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> by Jacek Radajewski and Douglas Eadline. </P
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>1.4. Feedback</H2
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>Send your additions, comments and criticisms to
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