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FLUKA-LIVE—an embedded framework, for enabling a computer to execute FLUKA under the control of a Linux OS

2007; Elsevier BV; Volume: 43; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.11.010

1879-0925

Allan S. Cohen, G. Battistoni, Shlomo Mark,

Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies

This paper describes a Linux-based OS framework for integrating the FLUKA Monte Carlo software (currently distributed only for Linux) into a CD-ROM, resulting in a complete environment for a scientist to edit, link and run FLUKA routines—without the need to install a UNIX/Linux operating system. The building process includes generating from scratch a complete operating system distribution which will, when operative, build all necessary components for successful operation of FLUKA software and libraries. Various source packages, as well as the latest kernel sources, are freely available from the Internet. These sources are used to create a functioning Linux system that integrates several core utilities in line with the main idea—enabling FLUKA to act as if it was running under a popular Linux distribution or even a proprietary UNIX workstation. On boot-up a file system will be created and the contents from the CD will be uncompressed and completely loaded into RAM—after which the presence of the CD is no longer necessary, and could be removed for use on a second computer. The system can operate on any i386 PC as long as it can boot from a CD.