Re: Re: Debian in HPC

2024-01-08 Thread Stuart Barkley
I think some places are moving to Ubuntu. The thought is that Ubuntu keeps more up to date with software. I preferred to keep the OS minimal and build the user software independently since there usually were complex dependencies and Debian should be fine in that case. We used diskless servers

Please don't clutter list

2023-12-10 Thread Stuart Barkley
Please start new threads when sidelining into silly arguments. The "IMPORTANT: do NOT upgrade" thread is getting cluttered with useless junk making it hard to determine the current status of the problem. Also, use a new thread, don't just change the subject line. Some threading mail readers foll

Re: debian image questions

2023-08-06 Thread Stuart Barkley
On Thu, 3 Aug 2023 at 15:59 -, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > I suspect you both may be misinterpreting the OP's question. I think > he is asking about doing a net install without needing to start with > a USB stick or similar. > > AIUI the issue is that the installer is started by bootin

Re: file server

2023-07-14 Thread Stuart Barkley
On July 12, 2023 10:09:13 AM UTC, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: >On 7/12/23, Stanislav Vlasov wrote: >> >> If your hardware supports 6 hard drives (5*18T + your 2T), you can use >> lvm for merging 5 of them to one volume, or create raid0 by mdadm. >> Some risks with plain disk merging - if one of