Re: EMC, BDI, and version of Linux

From: beer@...

>I'm putting together a new computer ( as I type ) and thinking about
>Linux and EMC on a partition, just in case.

Keep thinking. Linux 2.4 was voted OS of the year by readers of Info
World! And Linux right behind Greenspan in importance to the world of IT.
You might want to get a separate hard drive for each OS.

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>Is the BDI install CD available as a downloadable, burnable-by-me image
>yet ? I remember there was some talk of this.

Not yet. I could send you a disk if you send me your postal address. The
cost is still $10.00 and that includes shipping and handling.

>Also, which flavour of Redhat is now preferred ? I'm afraid I've rather
>lost touch with EMC in recent months.

The BDI has it's own Linux flavor built in. Linux 2.2.18 RTLinux 2.3. If
you want to add compatable packages Paul has a few for download on

www.linuxcnc.org/bdi

You can also search the usual places and find RPM's that will run under
2.2.18.

Ray