QEMU provides virtual machine emulation for a number of different hardware configurations. We want to set up a virtual BRL-CAD compile farm that uses QEMU.
This task involves setting up a QEMU image (say running Fedora, Ubuntu, or FreeBSD for starters) where we can log in and then check out, compile, and install BRL-CAD.
This is all entirely non-graphical, so you need to be adept at working with command-line tools, reading man pages, and navigating to complete this task successfully.
References:
- http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-qemu-development/
- http://wiki.qemu.org/Manual
Document the steps you take to set up the environment and (separately) document the actions needed to do the BRL-CAD checkout/compile/install steps with your image. This task will likely lead to many other follow-on tasks to create additional testing environments.
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Jacob, I thought you might like to know that you're currently tied with two others to make our top five. There are also about three others within two tasks that have a chance of passing you up.
What happens if there is a tie?
We can only pick two grand prize winners from the top five students that have completed the most tasks, based on specific evaluation criteria (quality of tasks, not just count). I haven't seen official guidance on what happens in the event of a tie, though.
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Don't download the file yet: it is a 5.6 gb file, and it is still uploading. I could not finish the task on friday because I had done it on a computer at my school and could not upload it from there.
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