Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC in 10 minutes???

William Scalione wrote:

> If anyone wants the easy, brain dead EMC install I think we have a
> winner. Dave Schecter
> came up with a version that installs on a dos drive in about 500meg
> Takes about 10 min to
> get running. I tried it out and had no problems, rtlinux and emc fire
> right up after the install,
> and it even has KDE desktop. Dos/Win files are still accessible,
> although long filenames
> are truncated. I have not hooked it to a machine yet but it seems to
> run fine. Sim.run came
> up, generic.run needed only a couple file re-names.

This sounds absolutely great, except that I know here will be problems!

> Steps to install and run
> 1) Unzip file to C:\
> 2) From DOS type "linux" (computer boots to rtlinux)

And, this will likely work on most systems with IDE drives. If you have

SCSI, then it is a big MAYBE.

> 3) log in
> 4) startx

And, this is where the problems probably begin, for real. You can get
most
VGA cards to function at 640 x 480 without TOO much trouble, but even
the
mouse might not work by default. You need to reconfigure XFree86 for
your video card and monitor to even do 800 x 600, which is the minimum
that you can see all of the EMC screen at one time.

>
> 5) start emc
>
> couldn't get much easier.

And, a network would be nice, to send files back and forth.

Jon