Automated installation

Instructions to get mpich.nt.1.2.5.exe up and running on a cluster:

1. Download the zipped package - mpich.nt.1.2.5.zip.


2. Don't run setup yet. Unzip the contents to a temporary location in a shared directory.
3. Use notepad to edit setup.iss.
4. Find the line:


szDir=C:\Program Files\MPICH 


5. Change it to whatever directory you want.
6. Find the lines:


Component-count=7 
Component-0=runtime dlls 
Component-1=mpd 
Component-2=SDK 
Component-3=Help 
Component-4=SDK.gcc 
Component-5=RemoteShell 
Component-6=Jumpshot 


7. Delete the components you don't want installed and adjust the count and numbers.

A typical setting for a non-interactive node would be as follows:


Component-count=2 
Component-0=runtime dlls 
Component-1=mpd 

A typical setting for an interactive node would be as follows:


Component-count=5 
Component-0=runtime dlls 
Component-1=mpd 
Component-2=SDK 
Component-3=Help 
Component-4=Jumpshot 


8. From each host in the cluster, execute the following command: myhost myshare setup -s -f1 myhost myshare setup.iss

Here is an example. I unzipped mpich.nt.1.2.5.zip into the directory c: temp on a machine called FRY. I edited setup.iss as explained above and then typed the following from a command prompt on a machine called FRENCH:


C:\>\\fry\c$\temp\setup -s -f1\\fry\c$\temp\setup.iss 

Note: c$ is an administrative share for c: on fry

Note: There is no space between -f1 and \\myhost\...


9. Finally, delete the files you unzipped from the archive.