machine naming [was: Re: [tech] morwong NFS speed problem]

[Cameron Patrick]

David Adam wrote:

> > It seems that this would violate the host naming recommendations (I forget
> > the RFC number).  What is the case for doing this instead of commissioning
> > the abovementioned machine with a new name and a fresh OSF/1 install?
> 
> The case is one from the Business School machines (har har har).

Actually, the case (along with the rest of the machine) is from
Fugro, Davyd's current employer.

It is also vaguely traditional (at least in my memory of UCC, which
only goes back two or three years) for machines that have their drives
transplanted into faster hardware to retain their name.

> > PS -- Assuming the move goes ahead, shouldn't there be a message to
> >       ucc-announce (or maybe ucc)?

The move was completed this evening.  One of new-Morwong's CPU fans
did not function correctly so it's running with only one CPU at the
moment.

I also have mudhead (the first node of UCC's Alpha cluster) booting -
also using only one CPU because it needs an SMP kernel.  It needs a
static IP and clustery software installed, then we can look into
making the rest of the donated Alphas netboot from it.

Cameron.