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

Jon Elson wrote:

>
>
> 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
>

Jon,

Sure, there might be problems, but with a 10 min install what have you got to lose.
It runs as well as my RH 5.2 and RH 6.0 versions.
Mine came up in 800X600 and I have the following hardware

AMD K6-2 350
FIC Motherboard - Award Bios
13 GB Quantum IDE Drive
96 Meg ram
16 MB VooDoo 3 Video
ViewSonic 7 monitor
Win 98 partition