Re: Clean TopSpin Installation for Spectrometer Host.

From: Jane Strouse <strousej@chem.ucla.edu>
Date: Mon Aug 17 2009 - 10:31:28 EDT

Bob,

     We have essentially started from scratch by updating an older Linux to RedHat WS3.  The directions from Bruker are very good and we did not have any substantial problems with it.  We plan to do a different system soon and install WS4.  We just ordered more memory in preparation for the upgrade.

Jane

Dr. Jane Strouse
Director, UCLA Molecular Instrumentation Center
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Subject: Clean TopSpin Installation for Spectrometer Host.

Hello fellow BUMmers.

Has anyone out there ever performed a "clean" installation of TopSpin on a 
brand new computer workstation that will serve as a spectrometer host?


Here is a bit of background to my query.

I have on many occasions succeeded in installing TopSpin (and XWinNMR) on 
various different computers as datastations.  But when it comes to the 
spectrometer workstation, we have always relied upon an install from an 
IMAGE provided by Bruker.

Installing from an image works well so long as the new host computer is 
identical to the computer from which came the image.

We have recently purchased license upgrades from XWinNMR to TopSpin. 
Because the old XWinNMR workstations were running an old version of Linux, 
we decided to purchase new computers with RedHat WS4 to serve as the new 
spectrometer hosts.  While we requested HP XW4600 workstations, our 
illustrious purchasing department got us a better deal on the new HP 
XW6600 workstations.  So, now the images from Bruker cannot work on 
our new and fancy workstations.

I have looked through the TopSpin Installation Guide for Linux systems, 
and it seems to be straight-forward.  If any of you have had first-hand 
experience with installing TopSpin on a spectrometer workstation, I'd like 
to hear about it.

Thanks in advance.
Bob.
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