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Message 7140 - Posted: 28 Dec 2006, 5:15:31 UTC

I recently became the proud owner of a gratis POWERServer 590 machine, which will be running AIX 5.1

There is some conflicting info out there regarding running BOINC on AIX. Is there a STABLE port out there for AIX?

I've never used an RS/6000 machine before, but I know it is a good number-cruncher. Are there specific projects whose calculations are better-suited for the POWER architecture?
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Message 7144 - Posted: 28 Dec 2006, 16:16:47 UTC

If there is a stable port, then it would be by a third party.


And the better question might be which projects actually support that OS. Which of course is a question that I can't answer.

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Message 7157 - Posted: 28 Dec 2006, 22:10:29 UTC - in response to Message 7144.  

And the better question might be which projects actually support that OS. Which of course is a question that I can't answer.
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Whatever happened to the good old days when it was just SETI@Home and they had a command-line version for every possible OS/hardware combo?
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Message 7159 - Posted: 28 Dec 2006, 22:13:50 UTC

Seti about died as it had no funds, so BOINC was made as an Open Source program to give Seti and other projects a footing into Distributed Computing.

But I'll ask Dotsch if he'll pass by here. He's the person who knows most about possible port overs of BOINC to alternative systems and OSes.
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Message 7160 - Posted: 28 Dec 2006, 23:16:02 UTC

In the moment, AIX is not supported by any project.

Two volunteers has ported BOINC and the old SETI 4.x to AIX. But Stefan had a lot of problems with the AIX port of the new SETI Enhanced application (5.x), so the AIX binaries was not released yet.
I will ask Stefan about the furhter process of his porting work.

Is it a solution for you, to install Linux on the RS6000 till there will be a AIX SETI application available ? - There are SETI ports available for Linux on Power CPUs.

Btw. at the BOINC third party site (boinc.berkeley.edu/download_other.php) are the available BOINC and SETI ports listed.
A overview about the supported platforms on the different projects is available at the BOINC wiki : http://boinc-wiki.ath.cx/index.php?title=Choosing_a_BOINC_Powered_Project
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Message 14339 - Posted: 15 Dec 2007, 15:02:34 UTC
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I was able to compile the BOINC client and SETI Enhanced Mutlibeam application for AIX 5. The binaries are now avialable at www.dotsch.de/boinc.
Special thanks to [AF>HFR>RR] jm@rc !
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