BOINC on OS9

[joshd]

after a brief google, it seems that you can only run BOINC on OSX?

I have an old G3 (PowerPC 266Mhz) that I was going to get folding, but before I spend a (small amount of) money on a HDD, I want to know if I will be able to get it to work or not.

thanks.

[[XC] mysticmerlin]

If you can get your hands on a older copy of YellowDog Linux it would run on that.

[joshd]

yea, linux would be my only other option really. i have a powerpc copy of ubuntu somewhere, but last time i tried it, I could not get it to boot off the cd.

[[XC] Teroedni]

Ubuntu is also very similar to mac os;)

Anyway you need to do a little here and there to get old macs to work

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/OldWorldMacs

[brot]

or try gentoo linux ;)

[[XC] Teroedni]

yeah
I should also try Gentoo one of this day


But my understanding is that Gentoo isent too much bleeding egde

[brot]

But my understanding is that Gentoo isent too much bleeding egde

That isnt really true ;)

It was one of the first systems to use reiser4 (which sucks anyways), and xgl, compiz and beryl. It is as bleeding edge as you want it to be...

[[XC] Teroedni]

That isnt really true ;)

It was one of the first systems to use reiser4 (which sucks anyways), and xgl, compiz and beryl. It is as bleeding edge as you want it to be...

Hmm
I see that 2006.1 is the latest
And its seems like the live cd will let me install most off the packages without having to use internet first(I have wireless:mad: )

So my big question now
Many distributions have often big difference between 64 bit and normal 32 bit
How is this in Gentoo. For example :the latest Egdy Eft 64 bit version is capable of running 32 bit code. Can the latest gentoo 64 bit cersion do this. Any others problem your aware of comparing 64 bit versus 32 bit gentoo

Thanks for Answers:D

[brot]

Hmm
I see that 2006.1 is the latest
And its seems like the live cd will let me install most off the packages without having to use internet first(I have wireless:mad: )

So my big question now
Many distributions have often big difference between 64 bit and normal 32 bit
How is this in Gentoo. For example :the latest Egdy Eft 64 bit version is capable of running 32 bit code. Can the latest gentoo 64 bit cersion do this. Any others problem your aware of comparing 64 bit versus 32 bit gentoo

Thanks for Answers:D

wireless is no problem, just try run the setup with a livecd from a guy@gentoo forums called cheater. They support ndiswrapper and that is that you can use the windows drivers for it.
Gentoo amd64 can for sure run 32bit versions, as they install the emul32 librarys if needed. I can also help you to set up boinc for wcg, as wcg needs the 32bit version of it. I suggest you first read through the installation manuals of gentoo and if you think you can do it i will provide the neccesary information ;)

[[XC] Teroedni]

I used the latest Amd64 live dvd 2006.1
Installation was easy using the garphical version
However it seen i have entered a dependent hell
I have problems with masked packages
Thtas what you get from running bleeding egde i guess

what happens ia this

emerge rt 2570
calculating depe...
one of te followingh masked package is required to comnplete your request

net wireless/r6t 2570-1.1.0_beta1(masked by missing keywords)

if i try to emege net-wireless
emerege: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "net-wireless":mad:

And trying
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" emerge net-wireless/rt2570-1.1.0_beta1 or

ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" emerge net-wireless or

ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" emerge rt2570-1.1.0_beta1 or

ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" emerge rt2570

does not help

Its seems that i need to have net to order to get net-wireless:mad:

Well i havent given up
I am going to read more and hopefully soon i will have gento amd64 running WCG:D

[brot]

emerge rt 2570
calculating depe...
one of te followingh masked package is required to comnplete your request

net wireless/r6t 2570-1.1.0_beta1(masked by missing keywords)

if i try to emege net-wireless
emerege: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "net-wireless":mad:


execute as root:
echo "ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=/"~amd64/"" >> /etc/make.conf

[[XC] Teroedni]

execute as root:
echo "ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=/"~amd64/"" >> /etc/make.conf

well i have tried that before
I run as root also
Doing that i get

localhost~# echo "accept_keywords="~amd64"" >> /etc/make.conf
localhost~#emerge rt 2570
!!!invalid PORTDIR_OVERLAY(not a dir): /root/livecd/overlays/portage
calculating dependencies
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "rt2570"have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- net-wireless/rt2570-1.1.0_beta1 (masked by:missing keyword)

for more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.

localhost~#


Now this makes me wonder
!!!invalid PORTDIR_OVERLAY(not a dir): /root/livecd/overlays/portage

what is the funtion on that. To emerge packages from the dvd live disc perhaps?
Can the problem be that it is reffering to a place on the live dvd that does not exsist and therefore get no packages??

Thanks for the help:D

[brot]

well. the problem is that the driver has no support for 64bit. Offically ;) Read through the following links, and feel free to post any questions.

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_rt2400_and_rt2500

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_rt2500_on_AMD64

[[XC] Teroedni]

hmm
I downloaded the dvd version in order to be able to install programs and drivers without having to go to the internet first. Why do emerge tries to connect to the net evry time i ask for a package:mad:


Another thing is that Ubuntu automatically install the rt2570 at bootup and it works as soon as you edit a conf file.


It may be my choice of graphical install.
Since i did not get any chance to optimize what packagge to install
Perhaps i should have taken the cli one and then used a little longer time on the install:slap:

[brot]

jup, maybe you should try the cli, the live cd isnt really good with exotic setups like an wlan card with a problematic driver...

[[XC] Teroedni]

ARGH!!!!
I would not say gentoo is easy to install. Especially not if you need wireless:slapass:

Ive tried to compile wireless-tools and rt2570on my current but get make errrors
Ive also tried installing true the cli but its unstable and quit without warning

Now i was able to get to the point when it install but after a while it failed because it was unable to install x11-wm/blacbox-0.70.0 and then the installer decided that it would stop there:upset:


Its seems there no other way
Ive have to get out my 15meter long ethernet cable and install it true ordinary ethernet. Then i could install wireless afterwards since portage i can then do a emerge -sync and download and install correctly the packages(Atleast that what i hopes):D
BTW:Gentoo is really cool with all the colors:cool:
And it also seems very fast:D
Maybe i get a boost in wcg running Gentoo:D

[brot]

I can promise you that the colors are not the only thing that is cool ;)

If you are not so into wireless and linux installing gentoo with wireless is really a pita. But i got it to work ;)

Go for it Teroedni - you will learn a lot of things when you are setting up gentoo. And that is one big advantage imho.

[[XC] Teroedni]

Went to the x86 version instead
So ive got Wcg up and running

Now i tried the link you gave me http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_rt2400_and_rt2500
The only problem is that i dont know how to do this

Kernel

Enable:

* CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS
* CONFIG_NET_RADIO
* CONFIG_IEEE80211
* CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_WEP (if you use WEP)

Then, recompile

[brot]

cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig

then use search, which is "/" afaicr, and search for these terms, or only ieee80211 - it should show you where you find the things you have to enable (these terms are just complex words for the options of the kernel config ;) )