If one were to build nodes without ECC memory it would probably be a good idea to reboot them from time to time to clean out whatever bad bits might have accumulated.
that's pretty cynical, but I suppose also true ;)
made me wonder if it is really necessary. Is there a way to configure a machine to reboot by having the OS pass control directly to the boot loader, and so skip the BIOS? An additional reason for being able to do
well, there's kexec, which I believe has gotten more mainstream recently. _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
