Re: I made a Success of it!

I *think* I may have RT sorted. I reinstalled it using Tim's patch file
but changed the "limit memory to 16M" option in xconfig and it is not up
and running and accepting the 'append="mem+63M"' in the lilo script. I
also reinstalled EMC using the 08-Jun version but haven't managed to get
anything other than sim.run working yet as, for some reason, I don't
seem to have steppermod.o and so Tim's run.mymill won't run. Perhaps I
need to reinstall a different release of EMC? The only other query I
have at the moment is - does the case of the 'M' in the append statement
matter, I put it in upper case because that is how it appears in the
help file relating to the 'use only 16M' bit of xconfig but I noticed
since that Tim's original script has it as lower case?

**Matt** -- I have installed KDE desktop and you're right - I do like
it. It took a liitle sorting out to start with as the help files didn't
seem too clear but I now have it under control.
I have also been messing about trying to get a connection to the 'net
from the linux machine but ,so far, I haven't had much luck. I've got as
far as having the modem talk to the ISP's computer but there is
obviously some incompatibility which throws me out and, at present, I
don't seem able fit the limited information I have from the ISP with the
requirements of linux. Still, it's just yet one more challenge!

Ian

Tim Goldstein wrote:

>
> From: "Tim Goldstein" <timg@...>
>
> 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.
>

Best wishes

Ian

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