# The openMosix HOWTO

## Live free() or die()

### Kris Buytaert

`<buytaert@x-tend.be>`

### and Others

Revision History
Revision v1.0.3 | 18 june 2004 |
Minor Fixes
Revision v1.0.2 | 29 july 2003 |
RPM Build
Revision v1.0.1 | 19 july 2003 |
Major updates
Revision v1.0 | 09 july 2003 |
Minor updates
Revision v1.0 | 11 may 2003 |
At last
Revision v1.0 RC 1 | 07 may 2003 |
Major Cleaning
Revision v0.95 | 04 april 2003 |
Replaced ClumpOS by PlumpOS
Revision v0.94 | 25 february 2003 |
Patches by Mirko Caserta
Revision v0.93 | 16 february 2003 |
Extra features and fixes
Revision v0.92 | 21 january 2003 |
Revision v0.91 | 27 september 2002 |
Revision v0.90 | 03 september 2002 |
Revision v0.71 | 26 August 2002 |
Spleling Fexis
Revision v0.70 | 22 August 2002 |
Stripped out empty parts, replaced Mosixview with openMosixView
Revision v0.50 | 6 July 2002 |
First openMosix HOWTO
Revision v0.20 | 5 July 2002 |
Latest Mosix HOWTO (for now)
Revision v0.17 | 28 June 2002 |
Revision v0.15 | 13 March 2002 |
Revision v0.13 | 18 Feb 2002 |
Revision ALPHA 0.03 | 09 October 2001 |

"The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it." (Benjamin Disraeli)

List of Tables
2-1. Pros of openMosix
2-2. Cons of openMosix
4-1. Other Directories
8-1. Changing /proc/hpc parameters
8-2. /proc/hpc/admin/
8-3. Writing a 1 to the following files /proc/hpc/decay/
8-4. Informations about the other nodes
8-5. Additional Informations about local processes
8-6. more detailed
8-7. extra options for mosrun
10-1. how to start

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