BOINCpe: Live-CD for BOINC
BOINCpe-LogoWith BOINCpe you can run a dedicated BOINC machine in-RAM (using a RAM disk) starting from only 256 MB of total RAM. This is useful to operate your BOINC farm more energy-efficient (without HDDs) or to temporarily activate machines without hard disk drives (HDD) for BOINC.
You only need the following components for a fully capable BOINC crunching machine featuring low power consumption:
* Mainboard + CPU
* at least 256 MB of RAM
* Network interface card (optional: PXE compatible)
* CD-ROM drive (only if booting from CD)
BOINCpe is based on BartPE and, therefore, on a preinstalled Microsoft Windows® environment. It is as light-weight as any Windows can be. There is no 24 hour limit for operation like in WinPE. Of course, you need a proper license for the Windows version you are running (XP Home is sufficient). BOINCpe itself is free!
In combination with a BAM (BOINC Account Manager) Account, it is extremely easy and comfortable to integrate new machines. Basically, it is copying a couple of files (~4 of them), burning the CD and booting up
Download
* Download BOINCpe beta v0.5.0 (BOINC v5.10.28, BartPE v3.1.10a) (latest version)
new style featuring the new BOINC logo, changed cron scheduler of persistency service to Gerhard Kalab's cron, default of 4 backups per day instead of 1 daily backup (persistency service), updated BOINC client
Legacy Versions:
* Download BOINCpe beta v0.4.1 (BOINC v5.8.15, BartPE v3.1.10a)
introduced global_prefs_override.xml, introduced separate config file for persistency service, updated BOINC client
* Download BOINCpe beta v0.4.0 (BOINC v5.8.11, BartPE v3.1.10a) (first public beta release)
negotiated legal stuff, updated BOINC client, multiprocessor/SMP support (experimental), fixes to persistency service
Stay tuned
blog.schreiter.info/boincpe-livecd-for-boinc/