Still not successfull:
30-May-2009 16:20:02 [rosetta@home] Starting lr5_D_chbond_05_run2_rlbn_1opd_SAVE_ALL_OUT_NATIVE_NOCON_12601_185_1
30-May-2009 16:20:02 [rosetta@home] Starting task lr5_D_chbond_05_run2_rlbn_1opd_SAVE_ALL_OUT_NATIVE_NOCON_12601_185_1 using minirosetta version 171
30-May-2009 16:20:06 [rosetta@home] Computation for task lr5_D_chbond_05_run2_rlbn_1opd_SAVE_ALL_OUT_NATIVE_NOCON_12601_185_1 finished
30-May-2009 16:20:06 [rosetta@home] Output file lr5_D_chbond_05_run2_rlbn_1opd_SAVE_ALL_OUT_NATIVE_NOCON_12601_185_1_0 for task lr5_D_chbond_05_run2_rlbn_1opd_SAVE_ALL_OUT_NATIVE_NOCON_12601_185_1 absent

By some reason minirosetta doesn't run or just exits on start. Although i don't see any crash messages.

by the way, is there a minirosetta source code? It would be easier to compile it on freebsd.

But there should be a way to obtain fresh binaries.

It works!!! =)) Thank you very much, Dotsch.

Btw, where can i get linux binaries to try rosetta on freebsd for amd64?

<app_info>
    <app>
        <name>rosetta_beta</name>
    </app>
    <file_info>
        <name>rosetta_beta_5.98_i686-pc-linux-gnu</name>
        <executable/>
    </file_info>
    <app_version>
        <app_name>rosetta_beta</app_name>
        <version_num>598</version_num>
        <file_ref>
            <file_name>rosetta_beta_5.98_i686-pc-linux-gnu</file_name>
            <main_program/>
        </file_ref>
    </app_version>

    <app>
        <name>minirosetta</name>
    </app>
    <file_info>
        <name>minirosetta_1.67_i686-pc-linux-gnu</name>
        <executable/>
    </file_info>
    <app_version>
        <app_name>minirosetta</app_name>
        <version_num>167</version_num>
        <file_ref>
            <file_name>minirosetta_1.67_i686-pc-linux-gnu</file_name>
            <main_program/>
        </file_ref>
    </app_version>

</app_info>

Hi! Are there any updates on this topic? I'd like to run rosetta on two FreeBSD 7.X hosts (i386 and amd64).

Since there might be occasional work available, I will leave my PPC Mac attached to Rosetta.

While I am waiting I will keep my PPC Mac busy with World Community Grid and Superlink

I thought it was going to use the harddrive all by itself, but how could it if it didn't make it a Linux drive?

I will look forward to the next release and try that with a USB stick. Will a 1gb stick be enough?

P.S. As for the project list being empty, its sounds like Dotsch forgot to include an all_projects.xml file. That's the file that stores the names and URLs of the projects in the project list. BOINC client updates all_projects.xml about once a week so eventually you would get one.

BitSpit at XPC has a diskless linux cluster, but it's a lot more demanding to set up than CF, and it's also quite picky about the LAN chipset/BIOS I believe. Very elegant solution though...

Definitely not a "simple fix", most semi-modern network adapters and BIOS support the options, however configuration can be a bit difficult at times.

wanted to add one more link that has a lot of useful info, and links to other detailed how-to's.

http://www.kegel.com/linux/pxe.html