Re: I made a Success of it!

Ian,

All of that I have been told says that the append="mem=xxm" is required to
set aside memory for the RT functions. If you have the wrong value for this
I am sure you will get problems and in the run script and your .ini file for
EMC you have to specify where this set aside memory region resides. If all
are not in agreement problems happen.

I think this is a case of it looking like it is working, but you really have
a problem that you haven't discovered yet. All other installs from the
script have the append= line and the instructions that came from Fred
Proctor via Matt call out for this line.

What run file are you using? The simulation run files don't require the RT
call as I understand it and will run on a standard kernel.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

----- Original Message -----
From: Ian W. Wright <Ian@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 2:51 PM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] I made a Success of it!


> From: "Ian W. Wright" <Ian@...>
>
> Hi,
>
> I've beaten it and RTlinux and EMC are apparently up and running again.
> In the end I traced the problem to the extra line in the lilo.conf
> script - append="mem=***" - I took the line out and everything started
> to work. I was ploughing back through the 2" thick wad of print out I
> have ammassed whilst trying to sort out the various recent problems and
> I came across the original instructions I had used in the first
> installation which make no mention of the extra line. As the original
> installation worked without the extra line I figured it was worth a try
> removing it and Hey presto - instant success. I did almost have a heart
> attack when the mouse suddenly died again for no apparent reason but it
> came back to life when I rebooted and so everything is now hunky-dory. I
> understand the problem with my attempts using your script file and have
> altered the script on my floppy to suit in case I need to reinstall
> again but, with the extra line in it wouldn't have worked as-is.
> On a slightly different tack, is there any command I can use to get an
> idea of how much disk space I am using or have left?
> Thanks for all the helpful suggestions and support.
>