Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO]EMC in 10 minutes + 6 hours + ?

Hi,

I just installed ZipEMC on an old P60 machine running Win98 with very little
trouble. I used Winzip 8.0 and it installed itself like a dream. I just
have one problem - it won't see the serial mouse so do I have to re-compile
the kernel or is there an easier way to get this working? If I do have to
recompile, is there anything I should know - i.e. is it any different to
building a new kernel on a fully linux machine? Is the kernel source and
headers already in the distribution somewhere?

As for running EMC, Sim.run worked OK but Generic.run told me it can't find
emc.ini and something else (can't remember what). I'll try transferring my
run files from another machine when I get a minute.

This is the first time I've had Linux fired up on a Windoze box and I must
say it's very impressive. Its a shame the start up sequence can't include a
sound file saying "Up yours Bill Gates!" or something similar!!

I'm a little confused as to why there is a .tar.gz version on the CD - if I
untarred this on a Linux machine would it run as a second installation?

Ian
--
Ian W. Wright
Sheffield UK

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Shaver" <mshaver@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com>
Sent: 09 October 2000 04:52
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO]EMC in 10 minutes + 6 hours + ?


> > From: Bob Bachman <bobach@...>
> > Restarted pc in the dos mode, changed to \linux directory, type
> > 'linux', enter. Third disappointment. Says 'Image file not found',
> > can't find vmlinuz.
> > Well, says I, 'guess it doesn't like not being on the C: drive.
>
> The file linux.bat needs to be edited to point to the partition where the
> kernel is located. For e: you'd want to substitute hda3 for hda1 in that
> batch file (list the file and you'll see where it goes).
>
> > I get out a 1 gig hard drive with RH5.2 already on it and delete
> > everything on it, use linux fdisk to remove the linux file structure.
> > Try to install W98 on the 'empty' drive. Uh uh. The dos fdisk
> > finds a leftover linux partition that it can't delete. Get out
> > the RH5.2 cd and floppy and go thru a partial install to erase
> > the old partition. This time I get a good W98 install.
> >
> > Back to 'EMC in 10 minutes' cd. I start a new install using WPKzip
> > and all goes as planned. Restart pc in dos mode, change to \linux
> > directory, type linux and get the same gd 'Image file not found'
> > message! The linux.bat file is trying to load 'vmlinuz' but it is
> > not to be found anywhere. Used windows explorer to search the hd
> > to no avail.
>
> The file, vmlinuz, should be in the linux directory with the linux.bat
file.
> My guess is that something went wrong with the unzipping part. You really
> need pkzip25.exe which is contained in:
>
> ftp://ftp.pkware.com/pk250c32.exe
>
> I think this is one thing that needs changing regarding this disk. We need
to
> change to something like gzip which is GPL and could be included on the
CD.
>
> > Hunted around on the ZIPEMC cd and found a Slackware.zip and bat
> > file to install it. Ahh, says I, this time I got it. Of course,
> > this bat file wants to use PKZIP25.EXE which we dont have, but
> > I tell it to put the slackware files on C: and it unzips into
> > the \linux directory as desired. Restart in the dos mode.
> > Type 'linux', screen fills with lots of goodies and WOW!,
> > Asks for a login. Typed in 'root' and 'zipemc' for password.
> > Get -
> > darkstar:~#
> > Type in 'startx'
> > 'File not found'
>
> The problem is the slackware.zip doesn't contain X windows. You were right
to
> start with Zipemc.zip.
>
> When I got this CD, I couldn't get any of my unzipping programs to work.
Once
> I got pkzip25.exe, I unzipped the linux directory, restarted in DOS mode,
> CD'ed to c:\linux and ran linux.bat and it worked. If it's any
consolation, I
> spent about 3 hours fooling around with various versions of pkzip and
winzip
> before I got the right one.
>
> Matt
>
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