Prallel Knoppix is a KNOPPIX-based live CD distro that allows you to set up a cluster of machines for parallel processing using LAM-MPI and/or MPICH implementations of MP.
Features are:
- v2.8 (64-bit only, use v2.7.1 for 32 -it CPUs)
- /home and /root are NFS exported, which makes it possible to add users
- advanced users can mount a storage device at /home, for increased space and to save work between sessions
- Linux kernel 2.6.23.8
- Open MPI 1.2.4, Octave 2.9.14, SciPy 0.60, NumPy 1.0.3.1, Parallel Python 2.5rc, KDE 3.5.8
- Cloop 2.0622 (thanks Klaus Knopper)
- Aufs cvs 17-10-07.
To know more, just visit Parallel’s Knoppix homepage.