Re: LINUX/EMC Help

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> From: Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
> > How big of a hard drive?
>
> 1 GB is just about the minimum. I tried to make a 600 MB disk work,
> and gave up. I DID want the help libraries on line, they are a big help.

If you can find a 1 Gb drive these days. You can probably pick one up
at a computer swap for $20. Hard drives have some peculiar failure
modes, so if you're putting anything on there that's important, have
some sort of backup plan. Personally, I like to clone the system on a
separate disk and put it on my shelf. If (when) the drive self
destructs, I can be back in business in 5 minutes.

> > How much Memory?
>
> I think it will work in 16 MB, but the Xwindows system will be on the
> bitter edge of failure. One false move (like starting another program)
> and it could go blooey - most likely just thrashing pages to/from disk,
> and it could be hours until the next prompt appears. I have 32 MB
> on my system, and it performs VERY well. I'm totally happy with
> the system, and have no intention of upgrading any computer hardware
> on the CNC computer.

Linux works pretty well with 16M, but 32M is definately better. I'm
not sure I'd even bother putting 64M on a system only doing EMC, even
if I had it on hand.

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Paul Amaranth | Rochester MI, USA
Aurora Group, Inc. | Software Development
paul@... | Unix / C / Tcl-Tk