Instant-Grid is a Knoppix-based live-CD bundled with a pre-configured grid-environment based on the Globus-Toolkit. One PC started from this CD becomes the Instant-Grid frontend. It also functions as a PXE boot-server, allowing further PC in the same local network to boot the Instant-Grid-environment via network-interface-card. Together with the frontend these PC automatically form a working test-grid. Like with the original Knoppix, the existing configuration of the participating PC is not touched (except maybe for enabling the PXE boot-option), and remains instantly available by a simple reboot. Instant-Grid is under development. A non-beta version 1.0 is expected to be available in late autumn 2006. 1.1 Objective The project aims at a flexible and beginner-friendly demonstration-, test-, and development-environment for grid-technologies. It is planned to utilize the same technology and software as in the [D-Grid] initiative, to provide maximum compatibility to this emerging German grid-infrastructure. 1.1 References - http://instant-grid.de 2006-02-08 08:29:53.197 2006-02-08 08:29:01.602