hi Brian,

On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 10:42:24AM -0500, mobilepenguin@??? wrote:
> First off i would like to express how much i appreciate the work that has
> been done. I have only recently stumbled upon dyne:bolic and was currently
> trying to create my own live cd for multimedia. This cd just kicks a**

:))

> I would really like to use dyne:bolic as the base for a small
> distribution. It is important that i have OpenMosix. I understand
> that development is slow with oM for 2.6.x and this affects the
> types of features and hardware support. I would like to use 2.4.18
> with my livecd.

AFAIK openmosix development has stopped, i'm not sure the latest
version for linux-2.6.x is really working.

OTOH the version for linux-2.4.x is well performant, so i consider it
a good idea to use that.

> Should i use the Dyne:II SDK or start with the older version of
> dyne:bolic. I am also willing to start from scratch if i have too
> as i feel SSI clustering is essential.
>
> Can anyone give me some advice?

in case you feel like hacking on it, i suggest you compile a 2.4.x
kernel for dyne:II - i'm sure that, despite it's a older kernel, still
many people will benefit from such an effort.

in this quest there might be some minor issues to be fixed in the
core, depending from current udev (ver. >100) compatibility with linux
2.4 and other amenities, but all in all i believe it is not
impossible.

full kernel sources (2.6) of dyne:II are downloaded when you create
the SDK, you can refer to the user manual for up-to-date instructions
about SDK usage, plus remember the 'dynesdk mkkern' command will help
you pack automatically a freshly compiled kernel into an easy to
distribute format for other dyne:II users.

keep us posted! and happy hacking :)

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