Multiple Linuxes for running Brains2. Was Re: .brains2rc (Re: [Brains-users] Error message during measurementofT50 volumes)

[Denis Brown]

At 11:20 PM 23/02/2006, Christoph Christmann wrote:


>I see. Since we are currently using the brains2 RH9 package running Suse 
>9.3 the question arises if it would be possible to run another RH (like RH 
>3 or RH 4) package under Suse. Does anyone has experience in this field?

I'm not sure that I understand your question...  If you mean running a 
Linux distribution within another Linux distribution, then you could run 
something like VMware on your SuSE and then run RH inside VMware but I 
suspect it would be easier to simply have the machine dual-boot assuming 
you have disk space to hold both distributions.

But I wonder why you would want to do this?   The RPM package of Brains2 
should just install into SuSE using YAST2 because SuSE uses the RPM schema 
for package maintenance.   At worst you might have to use the "force" 
option.   I did this at one stage on a Gentoo installation with 
success.   But sorry if I have misunderstood.

>And - most importantly - would it make a big difference for us to use the 
>new release? I mean: is it worth trying for a simple user?

It is quite a while since I last built Brains2 from source (nearly a year 
in fact) and at that time the codebase was in a significant state of 
flux.   Apart from numerous errors (arising from the shifting codebase) I 
was able to compile using a variety of Linux distributions including RH and 
Gentoo.   So take heart that if you have to roll your own, it may not be 
too traumatic.

As to the differences I defer to those with more current knowledge but I do 
know that the code changes back then were designed to improve operation of 
the package and allow the basic "Brains2 engine" to accommodate 
enhancements more easily.

Regards,
Denis